Valuable Links covering the 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic to be regularly updated.
End Coronavirus – https://www.endcoronavirus.org: Independent COVID 19 Tracker
The Johns Hopkins Tracker of Worldwide Cases and Fatalities
Financial Times (FT) Tracker of infection curve
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page
The Atlantic Magazine Coverage:
- How the Pandemic Defeated America by Ed Yong
- How The Pandemic Will End by Ed Yong
- Atlantic Science Reporter James Hamblin’s Feed , from 2/24/20 – “You Will Likely Get The Coronavirus”
- From 2018 – The Next Pandemic by Ed Yong
Deep Background
Smithsonian Magazine Feature – The 1918 -1919 H1N1 Flu Pandemic
The 1918 Flu (H1N1 virus) Pandemic got its name as the “Spanish” Flu because it was journalists and Spanish newspapers that accurately reported that a mysterious and virulent flu was spreading widely among Allied soldiers during the first world war. British, French, and US newspapers had censored any mention of the H1N1 flu virus. The earliest reported case of the H1N1 virus, also known as the “bird flu”, was in 1918, where US soldiers training at Camp Funston in Kansas had been stricken with ‘grippe’. It would be US soldiers that helped to contribute to the spread of the virus that would claim an estimate of 50 to 100 million people globally.
https://apnews.com/b984f9a970d7a81a520dbd456f92cd59
NYC Coverage
More Context
Media Narrative Analysis
Ways to Avoid Misinformation During The Coronavirus Pandemic
On The Media Coverage:
- From March 27, 2020 – “Playing The Hero”
- From March 4, 2020 – “When Institutions Go Dark “
- From February 28, 2020 – “Black Swans”
From The Atlantic: How To Talk About Coronavirus by Liz Neely
Labor & Economic Impact
Whole Foods Walkout – https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dmeka/whole-foods-employees-are-staging-a-nationwide-sick-out
Amazon and COVID-19 https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/amazon-warehouse-staten-island-strike-coronavirus
The Gig Economy – https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/coronavirus-walkout-strike-instacart-gig-work-grocery-delivery
