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SOURCE: The Nation
2/3/2022
Wishful Thinking on COVID is as Dangerous as Prior Episodes of Denial
by Gregg Gonsalves
A convergence has emerged between the right and the center that the Omicron variant is the last hurrah of the COVID pandemic and a signal to go back to "normal." A public health scholar warns this is potentially sacrificing the vulnerable to the wishes of the powerful.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/21/2021
Epidemiologist: Even Best-Case Scenario with Omicron Will be Bad
by William Hanage
"Hope is not an effective strategy for dealing with a pandemic. Two years in, we should all know that."
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SOURCE: National Endowment for the Humanities
8/6/2020
The Last Pandemic
by E. Thomas Ewing
As we look to history for lessons in early 2020, we need to think broadly about how understanding the complexity of the past can inform decisions in the present and the future.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
8/6/2020
America's Coronavirus Endurance Test
by Howard Markel
To defeat the virus, we will have to start thinking in years, not months. We must refuse to give up on flattening the curve. It’s up to us to hold the line until our government catches up.
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SOURCE: TIME
4/14/2020
How the ‘Father of Epidemiology’ Made the Connection Between Disease and Geography
by Deirdre Mask
“The poor were dying in disproportionate numbers not because they suffered from moral failings,” Steven Johnson writes. “They were dying because they were being poisoned.”