Episode 65- Covid: Pigs in the City

For a supplement to our discussion this episode, check out this piece: https://medium.com/@sam_louis/covid-19-should-be-the-end-of-the-end-of-history-c4fb748ab3d9 Greetings from the lonely world of the socially distance! On this episode, we have a special guest applying her healthcare expertise to help us understand COVID-19, what you should be doing, how the US healthcare system is woefully unprepared for what’s to come, and how you can support healthcare workers at this time. Live from the Hog Planet...Please DON’T ask us to watch Babe: Pig in the City unless it’s COMPLETELY necessary. Notes: Irish people DO make up 10% of the US! https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP03&prodType=table https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-doctor-moved-into-garage-protect-newborn-family-president-barack-obama-praises-health-care-workers/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/europe/italy-death-toll-intl/index.html https://www.itnonline.com/content/ct-provides-best-diagnosis-novel-coronavirus-covid-19 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/21/819511621/coronavirus-deaths-spike-abroad-as-new-york-city-becomes-u-s-virus-epicenter https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/nyregion/Coronavirus-brooklyn-hasidic-jews.html https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/09/cpac-coronavirus-attendees-124808 https://wtop.com/dc/2020/03/georgetown-rector-infected-with-coronavirus-says-he-feels-wiped-out-but-better/ https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-third-aipac-conference-attendee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-1.8638068 https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/perspectives-events/publications/2020/03/us-employers-should-pay-close-attention-to-new-legislation-requiring-paid-leave-related-to-the-covid-19-pandemic https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/coronavirus-kevin-durant-marcus-smart-rudy-gobert-among-nba-players-who-have-been-infected-with-covid-19/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-the-nba-push-through-58-coronavirus-tests-for-the-utah-jazz-when-almost-no-one-else-can-get-them https://twitter.com/HighForShirai/status/1239771217835560960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcucjd67HDc https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/488780-sanders-raises-over-2-million-for-coronavirus-relief-effort https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/12/nurses-hospitals-understaffed-risks-burnout https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/blahous-costs-medicare-mercatus-working-paper-v1_1.pdf https://splinternews.com/we-will-win-health-justice-in-america-1837003733 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/06/16/once-again-u-s-has-most-expensive-least-effective-health-care-system-in-survey/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/03/u-s-pays-more-for-health-care-with-worse-population-health-outcomes/ https://www.newsweek.com/medicare-all-would-save-450-billion-annually-while-preventing-68000-deaths-new-study-shows-1487862 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/koch-donors-george-mason.html https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/photo-trump-remarks-shows-corona-crossed-out-replaced-chinese-virus-n1164111 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Coronavirus-Asian-American-groups-compile-hate-15144295.php https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/20/us/coronavirus-model-us-outbreak.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/19/change-us-law-will-make-millions-more-masks-available-doctors-nurses-white-house-says/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51976484 https://www.trialsitenews.com/wuhan-institute-of-virology-china-sought-to-patent-gileads-remdesivir/ https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562020/20200319b.shtml https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-testing https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/02/the-oas-has-to-answer-for-its-role-in-the-bolivian-coup