Hi all… I have decided to try to throw together a list every few days with the best COVID-related info I have stumbled across – feel free to forward/share with anyone you like. Some are articles about the virus, others about its spread. Some are about collateral damage and others about how communities are pulling together. Many of these links have been forwarded to me by friends, so big thanks to everyone and please keep passing along good content. And despite how stifling it may feel, thanks for staying home and washing your hands like crazy!
Is it safe to take out food? How about receiving delivered groceries? Docs have fielded many food-related questions over the past few days. This
Atlantic piece covers the issue, as does this one from the
Wall Street Journal.
Two articles about coronavirus in young people, with a bold-face message that younger folks can still get infected and become quite ill. The first covers the ways in which the
illness looks different in kids and adults. The second looks at early COVID-19 cases in the US and the
surprising number of hospitalized adults ages 20 – 54. While the death rate is far less in younger populations, they can still become gravely ill.
One of my closest friends asked me the other day to weigh in on the UK’s decision to go its own way, skipping major closures in favor of a policy that will result in more people becoming sick with COVID-19 faster in order to achieve herd immunity quickly. The
New England Journal of Medicine said it better than I ever could. Oh, and PS, Boris Johnson began backtracking on March 16 and
completely reversed the policy this weekend.
Yale University’s most popular class is called
The Science of Well-Being. Basically, it’s a class in how to be happy. And now it’s available free online to anyone who wants to take it.
There are definitely silver linings to this epidemic. Lots of parents are posting about deep bonding thanks to all this new family time. And then there are the
environmental benefits of staying home, namely less pollution because we aren’t driving nearly as much and many workplaces are currently shut down.
And because every one of these newsletters needs to include at least one funny moment, I am giving you two. The
talking dog video was sent by a friend last night; the bottom image comes courtesy of
McSweeney’s:
