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What studying disasters has taught me about Covid-1
- blackandblue 7y agosounds very western/us-centric. i have been curious about japan and how they handled the crisis. they are projecting to re-open schools very soon.
- mrfusion 7y agoNice write up but I didn’t see anything too insightful. It all seems pretty obvious.
- mrfusion 7y agoHe’s notes in 2016 people stopped thinking his work was silly and started started asking when the end is coming. It underscores something I’ve been thinking for a while. We’re gradually shifting to a victim mentality. We don’t fight bad stuff anymore. We’re the country that did the Manhattan project, and got a man in the moon. Why can’t we fight a virus.
- solotronics 7y agoIt's possible were in a slow decline. Rome didn't fall in a day.
- locopati 7y agobecause half the country thinks our president and the GOP is competent and working on their behalf
- blakesterz 7y agoThis line actually scares me.... "So here is a simple reminder, which may sound silly but is truer than you might want to admit: the mayor from Jaws (the man who insisted on keeping the beaches open) is still the mayor in Jaws 2."
- mercer 7y agoWait till you hear how Boris Johnson feels about said mayor! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/13/boris-johnson-coronavirus-hero-mayor-larry-vaughn-jaws https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/13/boris-johnson-c....
- evanmoran 7y agoThat is a great read! And now the circle is complete and he can be his own hero and Jaws has him: https://time.com/5811257/boris-johnson-coronavirus-positive/ https://time.com/5811257/boris-johnson-coronavirus-positive/