Surviving Coronavirus … with public health knowledge + other reads, listens, Eats, Laughs

6/3/20 - Of all the things to read, say, ponder about this moment … picking Instagram Blackout seems shallow. But it has me thinking about where to fit into a movement amplified by social media, when it’s not my primary mode of voice, engagement, contribution. (And just read The Circle, which is only ok, but still …)

5/31/20 - Anand Giridharadas On Being reflecting on questions that have been deeply troubling me since I read this 2 years ago. Good and harm, more and less, positivity and darkness, “winners” and the problems they seek to solve, elite ideals and self protection. Changing system or letting the system change us?

5/27/20 - Learning about Dr. Fauci the person and his incredible career from an April Fresh Air - How Dr Fauci “Changed Medicine in America Forever”

5/27/20 - Listened to this Social Distance podcast from 4/11 reflect on inequity Vann Newkirk on Katrina … and how it relates to our life under COVID.

5/26/20 - We are Living in a Failed State. The health and economic situations right how are alarming, but this Atlantic article is absolutely terrifying to me. Also read Adrienne LaFrance on QAnon for a good and related conspiracy theory fix.

5/22/20 - Still rainy and cool, so it’s gumbo for the Friday night win

5/20/20 - The 100th annual Song Contest was cancelled in March. Got a sneak preview of the heroic effort to make it happen anyway. I ola Kanaloa, i ola kākou

5/19/20 - Kauai is off. New question: can we go to Oregon? Maskless flocking to parks happening now (yikes) … wildlife is thriving (yay)

5/18/20 - Basically did nothing all day but read about the Dead Wake, about the sinking of the Lusitania. Weird century-old escapism that felt strangely relevant in this time - a sinking ship truly doesn’t discriminate by class. Neither does a virus, they say … and yet, COVID impacts are not being felt equally by any measure.

5/11/20 - Treating coronavirus like a “garden party” with NYT’s Don McNeil on Fresh Air. Listening on the day Maui retail opens but child care sites still can’t.

5/9/20 - Civil Beat with a perspective that helps explain the tourism challenge to folks outside Hawai‘i

5/8/20 - Dumplings = my quarantine creativity project turned zoom cooking lesson today. Thank you Andrea Nguyen

5/7/20 - Restrictions are lifting, but … ? Hawai‘i testing stats look promising per NPR + 3 public health practitioners weigh in via the Atlantic

5/6/20 - Reading this week: Revived college Greek mythology with Circe. Hated American Dirt. But glad I read it, because Home Fire connected the two and I am now obsessed with all things Kamila Shamsie. Honorable mentions: I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (ok) and Signs Preceding the End of the World (beautifully poetic), from the “instead of A.D. list.”

5/1/20 - Lei day beauty from Stanford Talisman

4/29/20 - Yes … Zoom. Is. Terrible. But I’ll take the good (friend connections) with the bad (work as a facilitator on zoom UGH).

4/26/20 - Saimin, ultimate Hawai‘i comfort food. With Sheldon, the ultimate Maui chef.

4/25/20 - Quarantine and stay home extended to 5/31. Feels right, but today is feels oh-so-long. Surrendering. And reading about how we might cope in the long run.

4/21/20 - Can we find a plan for reversing an inequitable, oppressive, profit-driven healthcare system? A Marshall Plan for Health

4/4/20 - The Overstory. Amazing read, especially at this time. Amitav Ghosh has argued we are missing fiction and novels that grapple with climate change.

4/1/20 - Anti-tourism ads from Trevor Noah. Still laughing.

3/28/20 - Laughed So Hard. My family would say YES that this might be like the crazy version of me

3/20/20 - Not the most uplifting coronavirus outlook, but of course I find the stats analysis fascinating. From Tomas Pueyo

3/19/19 - YES! Thank you, this home philosophy … a relief to feel validated. “Why I Refuse to Run a Coronavirus School”

3/17/20 - On having to cut off the grandparents, “Convincing Boomer Parents to Take the Coronavirus Seriously”

COVID DATA SITES

Covid Exit Strategy - state rankings • 91-DIVOC - linear and log scales by country and state • Hawaii Data Collaborative