Coronavirus-related Resources

Our Pandemic Summer by Ed Yong. The Atlantic, April 14, 2020. What lies ahead as we work through the coronavirus pandemic? This thoughtful article addresses the difficult policy and personal choices that lie ahead, all of which have ramifications for health and well-being, institutions and businesses, the economy, and relations of inequality.

A collection of biopolitically inspired essays examining various aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies.

An Unfinished Lesson: What the 1918 Flu Tells Us About Human Nature. The podcast, Hidden Brain, provides a compelling historical perspective of the 1918 flu with direct implications for today's coronavirus pandemic. Not only does a virus of this nature have immediate health consequences but it also has long-lasting implications for societies, communities and geopolitics. Historian Nancy Bristow, author of American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, gives critical insight into this unique moment.

The Coronavirus Syllabus (requires a simple and free online subscription). This site provides many links to “serious readings on the global repercussions of COVID-19,” links to articles and podcasts on its “political, economic, and social impacts.” In explaining their method for locating these resources they write, “We’ve trained our curation system, which rests on a mix of algorithmic and human curation, on the coronavirus crisis. Like with our 60+ regular topics, our approach allows us to track and flag the best new content while filtering out the rubbish.”  

“Coronavirus and the Underserved: We are Not all in this Together,” by Lisa Fitzpatrick. Infectious diseases physician and epidemiologist Lisa Fitzpatrick highlights the unique consequences of coronavirus for underserved communities and populations.