The Life cycle of a Lockdown
1. Genesis (~1 month) A patient zero or a small cluster of cases are introduced to an area. People are unaware, and the government does not take initial reports seriously. The disease spreads freely to hundreds—if not thousands—before warnings signs appear. 2. Denial (~2 months) The calm before the storm. The threat develops. It likely…
A Prelude to Future Plastic Waste Policies
Plastic is part of our land, our seas, and—through emissions—now our air too. No aspect of life, no corner of Earth has escaped unscathed. Enough plastics are disposed of each year to encircle the Earth four times. Each year the oceans alone absorb three full trash bags for every meter of shoreline. By 2050, there…
Striking a Compromise with Vegans
Risk of Influenza Pandemics We’ve known this was coming for years . The WHO recognises factory farming as the biggest threat of influenza pandemics . The first thing we need to do is abolish factory farming , safeguarding our antibiotics in the processIn the US alone there were 60 million H1N1 swine flu infections between…
The New Common Cold is Here to Stay
Economies around the world are spinning down: streets are emptying out, schools and shops are closing, and entire cities are being told to shelter in place. You can hear a pin drop in the subway station. Up against a completely new foe, we’re hoping to win the fight in only a few months. But we…
COVID-19: What we Know so Far
Sometime in November a species cross-over event occurred, likely involving the following chain: bat → pangolin → human. Snakes have been ruled out as an unlikely candidate. Early on Chinese authorities suppressed news of the infection, but in January this changed as the epicenter, Wuhan, was placed under lock down and many precautions were taken…
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