Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Economics and Coronavirus related links 071420


Chronicle of a Pandemic Foretold: Learning From the COVID-19 Failure—Before the Next Outbreak Arrives

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-05-21/coronavirus-chronicle-pandemic-foretold?utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0j0wW2VB2VWhktBHSyhE3l58bXw81wUT1QFV6BK_M7C1tPiPR56H5CtqE

 

No Vaccine in Sight: The U.S. was once at the cutting edge of pandemic prevention. Then Big Pharma took over.

https://newrepublic.com/article/157594/no-coronavirus-vaccine-big-pharma-drug-patent-system

 

The Pandemic Is a Family Emergency: How the coronavirus exposes a crisis of care work

https://newrepublic.com/article/157528/coronavirus-pandemic-family-care-work-crisis-social-reproduction-theory

 

Making Life Cheap: Population control, herd immunity, and other anti-humanist fables

https://newrepublic.com/article/157567/coronavirus-pandemic-eliminationists-making-life-cheap

 

Can the European Union Survive a Pandemic?  The coronavirus crisis has turned its member nations against each other.

https://newrepublic.com/article/157579/can-european-union-survive-coronavirus-pandemic

 

Why Conservatives Dismiss the Dangers of the Coronavirus

https://newrepublic.com/article/157566/conservative-media-pundits-dismiss-dangers-coronavirus-pandemic

 

The Coronavirus Is Tearing Apart the American City: After the pandemic, the rich will barricade themselves further. National chains will supplant local businesses. And the gig economy will explode.

https://newrepublic.com/article/157545/coronavirus-tearing-apart-american-city

 

The Slippery Definition of an “Essential” Worker: Whose work is indispensable in a pandemic?

https://newrepublic.com/article/157544/slippery-definition-essential-worker-coronavirus-pandemic

 

The Coronavirus and the Right’s Scientific Counterrevolution: How a new class of outsider experts is exploiting institutional failures and destabilizing knowledge

https://newrepublic.com/article/158058/coronavirus-conservative-experts-scientific-counterrevolution

 

The Myopic Fantasy of Returning to 'Normal'

https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2020/06/23/the_myopic_fantasy_of_returning_to_normal_496978.html

 

June 22: How do we save lives and social cohesion as the pandemic persists?  Editorial page editor Bina Venkataraman and global health pioneer Dr. Paul Farmer discuss what it means right now to exercise "expert mercy," an alchemy of compassion and science that Farmer says is essential for addressing the social and medical impact of outbreaks.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/18/opinion/how-do-we-save-lives-our-connection-each-other-pandemic-persists/?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

 

Leave me out: This one reader doesn't seem to care if he ever gets back to the old ball game.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/25/opinion/leave-me-out/?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

 

Coronavirus contact tracing apps aren’t worth the health risk to Black and Latinx people

 

Concerns of surveillance are only compounded by the lingering question of efficacy: Will the contact tracing apps work for people hardest hit by COVID-19? 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/25/opinion/coronavirus-contact-tracing-apps-arent-worth-health-risk-black-latinx-people/

 

COVID-19 Masks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySOCNycv-aA

 

The paradoxes and perils of reopening during the coronavirus pandemic: We need a few leaders to step forth and form a national consensus on America’s response to the greatest global health crisis we have faced in a century.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/22/opinion/paradoxes-perils-reopening-during-coronavirus-pandemic/?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

 

Out Of The Ordinary

https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/535/out-of-the-ordinary

 

COVID-19 PSA Stay Safe Minnesota - American Sign Language (ASL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMtxcmyS330&fbclid=IwAR3aHzQgxIsDmwZ3D5yK6aCheKr7iVVhesDanyj3udPQ6xQ41nJe7_9pvJI

 

Audrain County sees first COVID-19 connected death

https://www.mexicoledger.com/news/20200602/audrain-county-sees-first-covid-19-connected-death?fbclid=IwAR2MM01_Qr5dZgedDIrYC6Jq6SrERRlHNbkUTUjsuRFrNSzNhXWaW9Qhjgc

 

Harrop: Sweden backtracks on its low-pain pandemic cure

https://www.standard.net/opinion/national-commentary/harrop-sweden-backtracks-on-its-low-pain-pandemic-cure/article_968cd8a0-f569-5dc4-9e57-f8832087c7e7.html

 

Richard D. Wolff – Why the Neoliberal Agenda Is a Failure at Fighting Coronavirus

https://braveneweurope.com/richard-d-wolff-why-the-neoliberal-agenda-is-a-failure-at-fighting-coronavirus

 

Beyond the Battlefield: Moral Injuries and the Pandemic

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/july-august-2020/features/beyond-the-battlefield

 

Economic Update: The Pandemic's Lesson About Capitalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzSYZcvuqR0

 

Ed Yong on the "Disgraceful" U.S. Pandemic Response & How Medicare for All Could Have Saved Lives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJrxk2hfRB8

 

He was an athlete in the best shape of his life. Then Covid-19 nearly killed him

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/health/coronavirus-athlete-covid-19-ahmad-ayyad-john-hopkins-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3o12Eq2KsRhggDjGR3-76hEvwHyvvdCS87Xr8iYMG8peMmxd-JKAKLrtk

 

Domestic Workers: Building Political Power in the COVID Era

https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/57/domestic-workers-building-political-power-in-the-covid-era/

 

COVID-19: Current situation and risk in Philadelphia

https://www.phila.gov/programs/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/

 

Get the latest information from the CDC about COVID-19.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulbfoK22CZY

 

A Long Talk With Anthony Fauci’s Boss About the Pandemic, Vaccines, and Faith

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/anthony-faucis-boss-on-why-things-could-be-much-better-soon.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab&fbclid=IwAR3Q8eQrWlSDqYn9iaXXEoo3z-7Fyu8Ky-2zZoV6yb821U_hisDlGjgiQrg

 

Ohio ice cream shop asks customers to stop yelling at teenage employees about mask requirement: The store has set up a virtual tip jar for their employees.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/505499-ohio-ice-cream-shop-asks-customers-to-stop?fbclid=IwAR0ye0ebatgCzTUsjsSI19llO24Gvux9IrwClSaS3DdTyp8gi4_COshtnks

 

Coronavirus update: U.S. logs 26th straight day of record average case totals amid Fourth of July events

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/04/coronavirus-update-us/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3VqH540MGP_PmHganInHMiHZG8mwqHMzB_6Li9K9k-qq5sB76DuOzTMUc

 

Two friends in Texas were tested for Coronavirus.  One bill was for $199.  The other? $6,408.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/upshot/coronavirus-tests-unpredictable-prices.html?fbclid=IwAR3iysR64IwXsSXAinqeIEui-kUuzAtiDHzquVmjL2XeT-U0m5roBUMw14A

 

Omar Epps on Fixing America's Broken Criminal Justice System | NowThis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4twoqtZJLwQ

 

Psychology Explains How Social Distancing Affects Your Mental Health

https://www.powerofpositivity.com/social-distancing-affects-mental-health/?fbclid=IwAR3S66M6kf1hxr-4C_hzp_I27CxuAEe3tRT6B_qBUUh9ybmtc62rnneG3bM

 

Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53061281

 

Tuberculosis, polio vaccines examined by scientists for possible protection against COVID-19

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/502403-tuberculosis-polio-vaccines-examined-by-scientists-to-see-if-they-can-provide

 

Flushing toilets create clouds of virus-containing particles

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-flushing-toilets-clouds-virus-containing-particles.html

 

I’m an ER Doctor. Here’s What I Feel OK Doing as My State Reopens.  Each person’s calculus will be a little bit different depending on their comfort with risk and their priorities.

https://slate.com/technology/2020/06/advice-on-reopening-activies-er-doctor.html

 

The Medical Case for Reopening Schools: We need to reopen our schools—not in spite of the pandemic, because of the pandemic.

https://slate.com/technology/2020/07/school-reopening-medical-case.html

 

ICE Detention Centers Are Covid-19 Hotbeds: Pence claims the pandemic is on its way out. The numbers tell a different story, both in and outside of prisons.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/covid-jails-ice-detention/

 

More Than 6 Companies With Ties to Congress Took Millions in Stimulus Loans

https://www.newsweek.com/least-6-companies-ties-congress-took-millions-stimulus-loans-1515778

 

You May Have Antibodies After Coronavirus Infection. But Not for long

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/health/coronavirus-antibodies.html

 

How Exactly Do You Catch Covid-19? There Is a Growing Consensus: Surface contamination and fleeting encounters are less of a worry than close-up, person-to-person interactions for extended periods

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-exactly-do-you-catch-covid-19-there-is-a-growing-consensus-11592317650

 

41% of businesses closed on Yelp have shut down for good during the coronavirus pandemic: Retail was hit the worst. The review site has also seen a spike in searches for Black-owned businesses.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/41-of-businesses-listed-on-yelp-have-closed-for-good-during-the-pandemic-2020-06-25

 

Remdesivir, the First Coronavirus Drug, Gets a Price Tag

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/health/coronavirus-remdesivir-gilead.html

 

Gilead Sets a Good-Enough Bar With Covid-Treatment Price: Determining the cost of a potentially life-saving medicine like remdesivir during a pandemic is a tricky balance. Gilead mostly got it right.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-29/covid-gilead-sets-a-good-enough-bar-with-remdesivir-price

 

“People’s Eyes Are Starting To Open”: How Covid-19 Is Driving Support for Medicaid Expansion.  In North Carolina, canvassers are working to expand Medicaid—and finding a sympathetic audience amid the pandemic.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/22567/Down-Home-North-Carolina-medicaid-canvassing-covid-19-cabarrus-county

 

Shelter in place? Welcome to our world

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/shelter-in-place-welcome-to-our-world/

 

Empty shelves and zombie fracking firms

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/empty-shelves-and-zombie-fracking-firms/

 

 

Epidemics are powerful agents of change

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/epidemics-are-powerful-agents-of-change/

 

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

https://www.coronavirus.gov/

 

Unnatural Disasters: On the pandemics we make for ourselves

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/unnatural-disasters-neumann

 

The second jobs apocalypse

https://www.axios.com/jobs-layoffs-coronavirus-united-wells-fargo-walgreens-52f4b6a4-4274-4c27-a15c-e1a30f0e99eb.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0pxaeOiq4BsSQix8sTj7UIcI47MSp9UOJAoSpQ6HxgZrTzFBI8ME6by3s

 

Countries grapple with whether to lock back down as hotspots emerge

https://www.axios.com/second-lockdowns-coronavirus-cases-melbourne-f9fa587f-e3aa-434d-a432-7a88483a94d6.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0tTIAwsgxxH5nYrToJzIwc9lxrZ2J5nU43CgYv9gp_N8X_8FECPn8fMyo

 

Corpus Christi officials report the COVID-19 related death of a six-week-old infant: More than one week after being discharged from the hospital, the infant died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. An autopsy will be performed.

https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/corpus-christi-health-officials-report-the-covid-19-related-death-of-six-week-old-infant/503-2124a1d4-1af2-46c4-b44e-7cecb3661457?fbclid=IwAR2gMmc1r6FKXncGqQJbfQLVUPY3F64WpiZt73GITd7eEZ3Z9GuRq0hC7Dw

 

Misleading coronavirus information falsely attributed to Johns Hopkins

https://factcheck.afp.com/misleading-coronavirus-information-falsely-attributed-johns-hopkins

 

Opinion | It’s 2022. What Does Life Look Like? - The New York Times. It’s 2022, and the coronavirus has at long last been defeated. After a miserable year-and-a-half, alternating between lockdowns and new outbreaks, life can finally begin returning to normal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-economy-two-years.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

 

Houston is starting to look like New York City before the peak of its COVID-19 crisis

https://theweek.com/speedreads/924461/houston-starting-look-like-new-york-city-before-peak-covid19-crisis

 

Johns Hopkins has launched a helpful new site to track school reopening plans

https://theweek.com/speedreads/924467/johns-hopkins-launched-helpful-new-site-track-school-reopening-plans

 

Florida shatters coronavirus records with almost 15,300 new cases: The staggering single-day number comes as Florida is finding itself at the center of the country's new surge, with cases and deaths continuing to rise.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-shatters-coronavirus-records-almost-15-300-new-cases-n1233609?fbclid=IwAR1M5xx2NamYN3jBS8L7NZ_F7p55VQ_kQWowxeWqmJ2WJSla5i_Hydxy9NA

 

Florida Reports 15,300 New Virus Cases, a Record for U.S. States

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-12/florida-s-record-rise-in-virus-cases-puts-focus-on-icu-capacity?fbclid=IwAR2cWbF-7Ox7xvKMiH3wjgt03TClMUt6E0frNpfcSBvdkIYpAmduk3AvG18

 

'Pushing the frontiers': Long lines for COVID tests, stressed labs delay results as demand spikes

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/07/11/covid-19-test-results-delayed-labs-struggle-cases-surge/5406936002/?fbclid=IwAR1-sRZlwg5RHpWO-eQpaz54rWeoZwLrVz7YgeIRxUr6-RPBh6FY4l3QgnI

 

My patient caught Covid-19 twice. So long to herd immunity hopes.  Emerging cases of Covid-19 reinfection suggest herd immunity is wishful thinking.

https://www.vox.com/2020/7/12/21321653/getting-covid-19-twice-reinfection-antibody-herd-immunity?fbclid=IwAR16igKeRr8lSJwn50zLolCupivjAZUhKbmIC8_RTTd13LYRHNPTqOSGeo0

 

How blood type may affect your coronavirus risk: Some studies suggest that people with Type O blood were less likely to develop severe COVID-19 symptoms than people with Type A.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1233022?utm_term=OZY&utm_source=Campaigner&utm_campaign=daily-dose&utm_content=Sunday_7.12.2020&cmp=1&utm_medium=email

 

The White House’s favorite new coronavirus metric  - mortality rate – probably won’t be a favorite for long

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/13/white-houses-favorite-new-coronavirus-metric-mortality-rate-probably-wont-be-favorite-long/?arc404=true

 

Allegheny County reports 71 new COVID-19 cases but warns the drop is likely from a lag in test reporting

https://www.publicsource.org/important-info-on-coronavirus-preparation-in-allegheny-county/


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