COVID-19 Links of Interest

by johnk Thursday, Mar. 19, 2020 at 5:46 AM

Some links to videos and articles about viral spread, the Spanish Flu, and flaws in journalism surrounding this epidemic.

A video from 2018 about the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. Hauntingly relevant and familiar, already. (40 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDY5COg2P2c&feature=youtu.be

FAIR has a solid critique of reporting on the Coronavirus. (2k words)

To Defeat Coronavirus, Media Need to Look at Real-World Examples, Not Play ‘Simulitis’

https://fair.org/home/to-defeat-coronavirus-media-need-to-look-at-real-world-examples-not-play-simulitis/

Linked from within the article is an argument for immediate lockdown: (10 min read)

Don’t “Flatten the Curve,” stop it!

https://medium.com/@joschabach/flattening-the-curve-is-a-deadly-delusion-eea324fe9727

Personally, I thought full lockdown was only to flatten the curve, and nothing less would do it. Judging from the actions of San Francisco, that may be the path forward.

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