Thursday Throughput: COVID Over Edition
So is Biden right? Is COVID over? Well, y’all know me. You know that the answer to that is inevitably going be … kinda.
Tagged: pandemic
Thursday Throughout: No, the Other Simpsons Pandemic Edition
Do not read this headline and think a generation of children are damaged goods. Read this headline and roll up your sleeves.
With COVID-19, the Global South Again Bears the Crisis Burden
We have asked the Global South to bear the brunt of nearly every crisis, from climate change to public health, but this is a chance to make some right calls.
Virtual Conferences: Where Do We Go From Here?
Companies are seeking creative ways to reach new customers who are sitting in front of a computer at home wearing pajamas.
The Student, The Teacher, and Zoom
We now have a chance to evaluate all the extraneous investments to design a much more effective and efficient educational institutions
People Still Play Pokémon Go? In a Pandemic?
Pikachu vs COVID: How do people play a game that requires you to go outside, when there’s a pandemic and no one can go outside?
Protecting Workers Is How We Protect the Economy
Why do we keep talking about “the economy” as though it’s not made out of human lives?
Here Comes the Pain, Shared and Otherwise
The real story of this present crisis is not the numerical one, but the human one.
Ten Things I Think I Think About COVID As of April 3
I won’t say we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel yet. But I will say we’re seeing that it is indeed a tunnel and not a bottomless pit.
Sunday Morning! “Pale Rider: the Spanish Flu of 1918” by Laura Spinney
Do you have any books lying around that you keep intending to read once the time is right? Laura Spinney’s “Pale Rider” is one of those books for me.
Wanderers: On Reading a Book About a Pandemic During A Pandemic
I realize the idea is to not discuss current events due to how morbid things have become, but wow, never read about a pandemic during one.
Pandemic Reading about Pandemics Past
Quarantine reading gives a moment to consider the literature of pandemics past
In Case You Missed It, It Isn’t 2009: Pandemics Then and Now
The biggest difference between the current coronavirus and comparisons to H1N1 in 2009 isn’t who is president, or the media. It’s us.
Weekend Plans: The Most Wonderful Place At The End Of The World
We’re preparing to go to Disneyworld at the same time that the Coronavirus seems to be kicking into gear. Also, we met the housesitters.
My Corona: Authorities, Bureaucracies, and the Illusions of Safety
I understand that COVID19 is scary. I’m not thrilled about it either. But I don’t trust these guys and gals saying “I’m from the government, I’m here to help you”.
