Episode summary

00:00:00 | Intro

• Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus
• 6 Diseases That Have Shaped Human History - YouTube
• Infographic: The History of Pandemics, by Death Toll

00:04:25 | Pubic Lice

00:13:33 | Misdirected Blame

00:18:01 | Cultural Adaptation

• Singapore Was Ready for Covid-19—Other Countries, Take Note | WIRED

00:30:21 | Going Back to Old Ways of Dealing

• Coronavirus and cities: 1918 pandemic’s lessons about urban life - Curbed
• Lockdowns flatten the "economic curve," too
• Opinion | There’s Really Only One Way to Reopen the Economy - The New York Times
• San Francisco had the 1918 flu under control. And then it lifted the restrictions.

00:34:30 | New Technologies

• Protecting Civil Liberties During a Public Health Crisis | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology
• 2 billion phones cannot use Google and Apple contact-tracing tech
• Coronavirus misinformation is the latest test for social media platforms
• How a 5G coronavirus conspiracy spread across Europe | Free to read | Financial Times

00:41:25 | The Butterfly Effect

00:43:51 | Cultural Context Creates Scenarios

• xkcd: Pathogen Resistance

01:06:29 | Outro

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Attributions

• Inspired / Kevin MacLeod

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