EPISODE · Aug 22, 2020 · 30 MIN
The Panic Pandemic | The Mallen Baker Show
from Mallen Baker: Faultlines · host Mallen Baker
In this round-up of the week, panic provokes lockdowns and quarantines in Europe even though almost nobody’s dying, panic leads to a U-turn in the UK’s position on fantasy exam results so now there are prizes for everyone, and panic underpins the start of the US presidential elections.Support this podcast: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker Mallen interviewed on the Ross Trevena Projecthttp://www.rosstrevena.com/trtp.htmlReferencesMelbourne debates switch to covid-19 elimination planhttps://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-debates-switch-to-covid-19-elimination-plan-as-melbourne-cases-surgeRelease for ‘women make the best covid leaders’ paperhttps://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR846481.aspxLeading the Fight Against the Pandemic: Does Gender ‘Really’ Matter? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3617953Denver doctors may have found the answer to a pandemic mystery: What happened to all the heart attacks?https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/17/denver-coronavirus-deaths-heart-attack/
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In this round-up of the week, panic provokes lockdowns and quarantines in Europe even though almost nobody’s dying, panic leads to a U-turn in the UK’s position on fantasy exam results so now there are prizes for everyone, and panic underpins the start of the US presidential elections.
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