100 Days... 3 different delves into the story of coronavirus. It just feels surreal, reading/watching it. All from the Guardian:
100 Days That Changed The World (article)
It started with a warning. It turned into a pandemic that has transformed life as we know it
'At 1.38pm on 31 December, a Chinese government website announced the detection of a “pneumonia of unknown cause” in the area surrounding the South China seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, an industrial city of 11 million people. The outbreak was one of at least a dozen to be confirmed by the World Health Organization that December, including cases of Ebola in west Africa, measles in the Pacific and dengue fever in Afghanistan. Outside China, its discovery was barely noticed.Over the next 100 days, the virus would freeze international travel, extinguish economic activity and confine half of humanity to their homes, infecting more than a million people and counting, including an Iranian vice-president, the actor Idris Elba, and the British prime minister. By the middle of April, more than 75,000 would be dead.'
How coronavirus changed the world in three months – video
In just three months, the coronavirus has turned the world upside down. But how did it play out so quickly? We take a look back to where it all began – from its origins in south east Asia, to its acceleration across Europe and the US. As the infection rate increased and countries went into lockdown, people began to find imaginative and inspiring ways of coping with our new reality
How coronavirus spread across the globe - visualised
From early beginnings in China, the Covid-19 pandemic has spread rapidly across the globe
ETA: Coronavirus: 100 days that changed the world (part 1) (podcast)
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From the Faroes:
Veterinary scientist hailed for Faroe Islands' lack of Covid-19 deaths
Debes Christiansen adapted his salmon-testing lab to test for disease among humans
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And a few nice/fun things from these 100 days:
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100 Days That Changed The World (article)
It started with a warning. It turned into a pandemic that has transformed life as we know it
'At 1.38pm on 31 December, a Chinese government website announced the detection of a “pneumonia of unknown cause” in the area surrounding the South China seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, an industrial city of 11 million people. The outbreak was one of at least a dozen to be confirmed by the World Health Organization that December, including cases of Ebola in west Africa, measles in the Pacific and dengue fever in Afghanistan. Outside China, its discovery was barely noticed.Over the next 100 days, the virus would freeze international travel, extinguish economic activity and confine half of humanity to their homes, infecting more than a million people and counting, including an Iranian vice-president, the actor Idris Elba, and the British prime minister. By the middle of April, more than 75,000 would be dead.'
How coronavirus changed the world in three months – video
In just three months, the coronavirus has turned the world upside down. But how did it play out so quickly? We take a look back to where it all began – from its origins in south east Asia, to its acceleration across Europe and the US. As the infection rate increased and countries went into lockdown, people began to find imaginative and inspiring ways of coping with our new reality
How coronavirus spread across the globe - visualised
From early beginnings in China, the Covid-19 pandemic has spread rapidly across the globe
ETA: Coronavirus: 100 days that changed the world (part 1) (podcast)
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From the Faroes:
Veterinary scientist hailed for Faroe Islands' lack of Covid-19 deaths
Debes Christiansen adapted his salmon-testing lab to test for disease among humans
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And a few nice/fun things from these 100 days:
( Read more... )
