🦄 Chip Uni
Hey, subreply folk -- what resources do you use most to keep up with coronavirus information?
🦄 Chip Uni
I use the same. Thanks!
Kyle Shockey
FiveThirtyEight has a decent podcast ("PODCAST-19") that tends to take high-altitude views on the pandemic. For numbers, NYT's case map seems to be a good aggregator.
🦄 Chip Uni
Thanks for the suggestions!
Alec Hansen
I intentionally turned everything off, unfollowed a bunch of stuff, and only read WholesomeMemes and avoid the C word as much as possible. Haven't turned on NPR in months.
🦄 Chip Uni
rt.live has become excellent.
‼️ Rob Gough
I've stopped _trying_ to keep up, if there's major enough news I'll get it via push notification (uk, BBC News & Guardian) or it'll bubble up onto my twitter
Daniel Woelfel
This Twitter list has a lot of good people on it twitter.com/i/list....
🦄 Chip Uni
Thank you!
🐨 James S.
Bloomberg and the BBC have decent coronavirus podcasts that publish regularly.
📈 Cody
what are you looking to keep up with? current infection rates, vaccine development, etc?
🦄 Chip Uni
All of those, honestly. I'm trying to guess when this crisis will be over in the United States.
Chris Space
Frankly, looking in from outside, it'll either be over when you get some leadership because right now there's a leadership vacuum or, when there's a vaccine/everyone has had it and either died or not.
🐨 James S.
Yeah, it's looking better in some parts but the lack of an overall, cohesive strategy (not that it would be easy with 50 states, but there should definitely be more than exists currently) will mean that you'll end up with recurrent spikes, especially with the large amount of domestic travel that occurs in the US.
Chris Space
Even just a consistent message and assistance in putting in place science based frameworks in a way that makes sense locally would be a huge improvement over the misinformation, constantly changing message, shirking of responsibility and general denial of the issue you are experiencing currently. Third world country material eh....
👉 Léo
Podcasts have been very useful for me. I specially like the Daily, from the NY Times. It's something I can listen to while taking a walk or exercising.
Chris Space
youtube.com/watch?... for the pure numbers. Everything else is pretty basic, copy what asians do when they're sick or it's flu season. Wear a mask, support your immune system with exercise, healthy eating and supplements that are appropriate for you.
🧵 Evan
opinion which does not answer your question: I hear people talk about it and otherwise I'm avoiding the topic while taking the usual safety precautions; being eaten up with concern over a global thing is counter-productive to me; when something important comes out about it everyone will know so it's no use keeping up with it
🦄 Chip Uni
Unfortunately, some groups manipulate talk about coronavirus, especially to try to open up. So I'm not waiting until the news filters through to me.
🧵 Evan
taking that into account, I do take everything with a grain of salt, but I suppose I'm talking more about places I already pay attention to i.e. HN will have the most important news i.e. "a vaccine/treatment is out!" hit the front page fairly quickly
🦄 Chip Uni
Very, very true. And HN's discussion is good at getting different viewpoints, at least.