#covid-19
This is not the apocalypse you were looking for
— This is not the apocalypse you were looking for, Laurie Penny in WIRED
Why the Pandemic Is So Bad in America
— Why the Pandemic Is So Bad in America, Ed Yong in The Atlantic
UK Domestic abuse victims rising under Coronavirus lockdown
— As Domestic Abuse Rises, U.K. Failings Leave Victims in Peril, Amanda Taub and Jane Bradley in The New York Times
A Case for Turning Empty Malls Into Housing
— A Case for Turning Empty Malls Into Housing, Patrick Sisson in Citylab
The Bosses Are In Their Country Houses
— Newsrooms Are in Revolt. The Bosses Are in Their Country Houses., Ben Smith in The New York Times
What If Working From Home Goes on forever?
— What If Working From Home Goes on forever?, Clive Thompson in The New York Times
On Skye, Nursing Home Deaths Expose a Covid-19 Scandal
— On a Scottish Isle, Nursing Home Deaths Expose a Covid-19 Scandal, Benjamin Mueller in The New York Times
The COVID-19 Recession May Change The Way Americans Spend Forever
— The COVID-19 Recession May Change The Way Americans Spend Forever, Anne Helen Peterson in BuzzFeed News
Coronavirus is not fuel for urbanist fantasies
— Coronavirus and cities: What urban designers don't get about COVID-19, Alissa Walker in Curbed
The Coronavirus Quieted City Noise
— The Coronavirus Quieted City Noise, Quoctrung Bui and Emily Badger in The New York Times
Inside King Arthur Flour
— Inside King Arthur Flour, the Company Supplying America's Sudden Baking Obsession, David H. Freedman in Marker
Inside Trump's coronavirus meltdown
— Inside Trump's coronavirus meltdown, Edward Luce in The Financial Times
Large areas of London to be made car-free as lockdown eased
— Large areas of London to be made car-free as lockdown eased, Matthew Taylor in The Guardian
How Five Friends Saved a Tulip Farm From Covid-19
— Mother's Day Bouquets: How Five Friends Saved a Tulip Farm From Covid-19, Kirk Johnson in The New York Times
Profile of a killer: COVID-19
On the pathology: On the epidemiology: — Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic, David Cyranoski in Nature
PTSD: Pandemic Superpower
— My PTSD can be a weight. But in this pandemic, it feels like a superpower., Stephanie Foo in Vox
The Pandemic Shows What Cities Have Surrendered to Cars
— The Pandemic Shows What Cities Have Surrendered to Cars, Tom Vanderbilt in The Atlantic
Inside the Public Hospitals Trying to Save New York
— Inside the Public Hospitals Trying to Save New York, Jonathan Mahler and Philip Montgomery in The New York Times Magazine
How We Use Our Bodies to Navigate a Pandemic
— How We Use Our Bodies to Navigate a Pandemic, Gia Kourlas in The New Yorker
Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020, CEO Tells Staff
— Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020, CEO Tells Staff, Mark Bergen in Bloomberg
Didn't I Write This Story Already?
In November 2015, Naomi Kritzer wrote a short sci-fi story called So Much Cooking. It was published in Clarkesworld, a science fiction and fantasy magazine. The story is told in the form of a cooking blog written by a woman living through a global pandemic of a flu-like virus. This week, Kritzer posted on another sci-fi blog to acknowledge how prescient she'd been in some aspects of her story. Of course being the author she mostly focused on where she got it wrong. Check this out from her story, on social distancing: On running out of things more than usual,...
The Crisis Could Last 18 Months. Be Prepared
— The Crisis Could Last 18 Months. Be Prepared, Juliette Kayyem in The Atlantic
Stuck in Central China on Coronavirus Lockdown
— Stuck in Central China on Coronavirus Lockdown, Lavender Au in The New York Review of Books