required readings and other media
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- Glossaries: New York Times, CNN
- What is a virus? Read pp. 2-4 in "Pandemic: What everyone needs to know," Peter Dougherty (Google Books)
- Zoonosis: China's wildlife markets: Watch: Why the Virus first appeared in China (Vox) and Read: No, China's fresh food markets did not cause Corona Virus (LA Times). Note: Be sure to read the article right after watching the video.
- Social Distancing: This is not a Snow day (Asaf Britton, 3/13/20)
- The issues: Covid-19: The Politics of Pandemics (Economist, 3/12/20)
- Transmission: The billion-person question: If Covid-19 takes hold in India... (Economist 3/21/20)
additional resources (optional)
- Anatomy of a killer: Understanding SARC-CoV-2 and the drugs that might lessen its power (Economist 3/12/20)
- China's Omnivorous Markets are in the Eye of a Lethal Outbreak Once Again (NY Times)
- Should China Ban Wet Markets? (The Food Chain)
- An Unequal History of quarantines (The Uncertain Hour)
Why social distancing matters (NY Times 3/19/20): Impact of one less transmission (bottom, left image)