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Corona Special / For members / View from Giants' shoulder
by Bala Prasad · Published December 12, 2020
Apollo’s Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020, and of how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on momentous (yet dimly remembered) historical epidemics, contemporary analyses, and cutting-edge research from a range...
Corona Special / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Quest to share
by Bala Prasad · Published December 9, 2020
Leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates rely on new technologies that have fast-tracked development and testing. Vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna have completed early phase 3 clinical trials and are reportedly under review at the US FDA for emergency use authorization (EUA) although safety surveillance continues. This video explains the...
Corona Special / For members / Quest to share / View from Giants' shoulder
by Bala Prasad · Published December 9, 2020 · Last modified December 12, 2020
Yale Sterling Professor Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH returns to JAMA’s Q&A series to discuss the surge in US cases and other recent pandemic developments. Dr. Christakis is author of the recently published book “Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We...
Corona Special / For members / Quest to share / View from Giants' shoulder
by Bala Prasad · Published December 8, 2020 · Last modified December 12, 2020
A review by David Quammen is the author, most recently, of “The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life.” Nicholas A. Christakis https://sociology.yale.edu/people/nicholas-christakis THE WAVES COME AT US. We are now being hit with the third wave of case numbers in the Covid-19 tsunami and the first...
COVID-19 is far from the first pandemic to wreak havoc in the world. A long line of infectious diseases have devastated and in some cases destroyed entire societies. Almost all of them started in animals and made the jump to humans. We are terrified of pandemics. And with...
More than 7 million Americans have suffered from COVID-19, including Pres. Trump. Emmy winner Jeffrey Wright narrates the documentary detailing how four years of Trump’s actions brought America to this moment.
Corona Special / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Quest to share
by Bala Prasad · Published December 7, 2020
How are democracies and authoritarian states reacting to the coronavirus pandemic? An investigative team is looking for clues worldwide and interviewing virologists, health experts and citizens. Where is the fight against COVID-19 working and where isn’t it? Nine months after the new coronavirus first appeared, the documentary “The...
A moon/candle in the dark night / Corona Special / For members / View from Giants' shoulder
by Bala Prasad · Published December 4, 2020 · Last modified December 12, 2020
Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University, where he directs the Human Nature Lab and is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2006, the...
