• March 27: Millions of Americans are about to lose their health insurance in a pandemic 
• March 26: No, chloroquine is not a proven treatment for COVID-19 unless you watch Fox News and read Trump tweets: the facts here. 
• March 25: Covid-19 is Nature's Wakeup Call, Monbiot, Guardian
• March 25: CA Teen dies of COVID-19 after failing to show insurance
• March 25: NYT: Trump Wants to ‘Reopen America.’ Here’s What Happens if We Do
• March 24: ProPublica: Doctors Are Hoarding Unproven Coronavirus Medicine 
• March 22: Loss of sense of smell and taste might signal Covid virus
• March 22: DW: Where did Covid come from? How long does it last on surfaces? Your questions answered.
• March 21: LAT: Coronavirus Drugs, what we know
• March 20: NYT. Coronavirus might overwhelm the US if no urgent action is taken
• March 20: Disasters and crises bring out the best in us TED
• March 19: Younger adults are large percentage of coronavirus hospitalizations in United States
• March 18: Japanese flu drug 'clearly effective' in treating coronavirus, says China
• March 17: The Nordic Secret to Battling Coronavirus: Trust, Yes magazine
• March 17: 10 Positive Updates on the COVID-19 Outbreaks From Around the World
• March 17: NYT, Hundreds of Scientists Scramble to Find a Coronavirus Treatment
• March 14: This Coronavirus Is Unlike Anything in Our Lifetime, and We Have to Stop Comparing It to the Flu
• March 14: Dutch researchers first to find Covid-19 antibodies: report
• March 14: Mapping the coronavirus worldwide WaPo
• March 14: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Research and Statistics
• March 14: 9 charts that explain the coronavirus pandemic
• March 14: The World has a plan for fighting coronavirus. Most countries are ignoring it. NYT
• March 13: They survived the coronavirus, then tested positive again, LAT
• March 12: UCSF page on research, FAQs
• March 11: WHO declares COVID-19 pandemic
• March 10: 15 Myths about coronavirus (COVID-19) from the WHO
• March 10: WaPo Coronavirus is mysteriously sparing kids and killing the elderly. Understanding why may help defeat the virus
• March 9: The US is not ready for what is about to happen
• March 8: Should you stop going to the gym? NYT
• March 5: Are there two strains of Coronavirus?
• March 4, Swiss Scientists Have Recreated the Coronavirus in a Lab
• March 4, COVID-19 lingers on toilets but disinfectants kill it, France24
• March 4: Medical Screener at LAX tests positive, NBC News
• March 3, Nat'l Geo, US has only a fraction of the medical supplies it needs to combat the coronavirus​
• March 5: These Are the Questions We Should Be Asking About Coronavirus​
• March 2: What to do for the upcoming COVID-19 pandemic, UCSD​
• February 29, NYT Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Spread of the Outbreak
• February 27, "The Coronavirus goes global" NYT podcast and transcript
• February 25, Coronavirus Update and Links
• You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
• Researchers Step Up Efforts To Develop a Universal Flu Vaccine
• Scoop: Lab for coronavirus test kits may have been contaminated (Axios)
• Incubation Period might be longer than 14 days WaPo 2/22/20
• What is the Coronavirus COVID-19?
• 3 Charts to better understand COVID-19
• ​Basics of the virus, infographic
• ​Symptoms of COVID-19
• Timeline of the virus up to end of Jan 2020
• To Prevent Future COVID-19s​​

​Community College Districts Statements:

• Tips for faculty going online (can't say I agree with all of it).
• March 14: LACCD calendar change and cancellations, Chancellor letter
• March 11: Chancellor says LACCD to go online March 18th
• March 10: Coronavirus update LACCD
• March 4: LACCD District Academic Senate COVID-19 statement
• March 18: SMC Dropping courses due to crisis: a guide
• March 11: SMC Update, courses go online next week, March 18
• March 10: SMC to remain open
• March 10: SMC Guide to COVID-19
• March 4: SMC bulletin on COVID-19 measures underway
• March 6: SMC letter to the community

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The politics of Coronavirus

• March 28: NYT, As Virus Spreads, China and Russia See Openings for Disinformation
  
• March 27: Trump questions New York’s plea for critical equipment WaPo
• March 25: Reuters: U.S. slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak
• March 22: Anthony Fauci interview in Science
• March 18: Russian media ‘spreading Covid-19 disinformation’
• The simplest way to spot coronavirus misinformation on social media
• Sen. Tom Cotton repeats fringe theories of COVID-19
• March 3: NYT: Global Health Crisis: 1; Economic Policymakers: 0
• Trump's appointees make things worse: "White House Knew Of Coronavirus' 'Major Threat,' But Response Fell Short" NPR
• Trump administration barred a top US disease expert from speaking freely to the public
• Harvard Health Professor Slams Trump’s ‘Catastrophic Failure’ On Coronavirus

Related and some background:

• March 24: Welcome to the Virosphere NYT
• March 18; Why soap is preferable to bleach in the fight against coronavirus
• March 17: What is the hospital capacity in Los Angeles with different time scenarios and infected population? . ProPublica
• Yes its worse than the flu 3/1/20 Guardian
• What Can the Coronavirus Teach Us, McKibben New Yorker
• How the Climate Crisis Is Making the Spread of Infectious Diseases Like Coronavirus More Common, February 27, 2020
• Coronavirus Is the Perfect Disaster for disaster capitalism, Naomi Klein
• How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America (11/2017)
• COVID-19 Update: Doctors Without Borders calls for evacuating Greece’s refugee camps
• The 1918 "Spanish flu" was actually born in Kansas

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