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2020-06-08Racism like Public Health?
Amidst Covid-19, the documentation of the police killings have been manifested into comparisons with the world-wide pandemic. These comparisons reflect the ongoing disparities between Black Americans and systemic racism. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation takes to Twitter to try to support this comparison but faces a backlash from a fellow BLM support who argues that the comparison is invalid based on the different progress the BLM protest and quarantine had made. I felt like this was important for me to post because I feel like it shows an effort from BLM supporters to combat the racism within our culture by arguing that society must view and address racism as a public health issue. Yet, the tweet continues to evolve as ironic as the lack of regards Americans have for coronavirus policies and laws continues to grow everyday. Base on how events go, we might regard the validity of this statement to be false down the road. -
2021-02-23Too Much Togetherness
They say humor is the best medicine and they weren't wrong. A lot of couples are spending a whole lot of time together recently with quarantines and social distancing orders. It was really cute at first, working side by side on laptops and having our morning coffee together. That got old real quick though. This funny take on "How to Not Hate Your Partner During a Pandemic" advises couples how to get through issues like working from home and homeschooling kids. -
2020-04-09Navigating Pandemic Conspiracies
This project aims to document all of the different conspiracies and their growth and treatment by the media throughout the pandemic. This is the headline of an article describing how conspiracy theorists have latched onto the pandemic and are going to keep coming up with more and more conspiracies -
2020-03-18Need a Coronavirus Test? Being Rich and Famous May Help
This source examines the connection between wealth and access in COVID-19 infected United States of America. Particularly the connection between NBA players and getting tested.