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CV01. Protection: Michigan, High Per Capita Death, Ignoring Possible Infection Source, CV02. Humor: Brutal, Disagreements, No Ears, CV03. Information: China Withholding Data, Deciding if to Confront, CV04. Politics: Shifting Attention, CV06. Linguistics: Dog Whistles, Bible Waving, CV16. Consequences, Social Change: Safe Behavior, Parallel Micro Dimension, CV16.1. Nudging, Behavioral Economics, CV21. Syndemic, Concurrent Disasters: Ignoring Social Hindrance to Disaster Response CV28. Logistics: Anti Anxiety Shortage, CV28.1. Medical Distribution Shortfalls, CV33. Legal: Unanswered Questions
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CV01. Protection: Michigan Ranks Seventh in Coronavirus Death Rate. Why so High. Even as surrounding states are catching up in number of Coronavirus cases (Illinois now has more than twice Michigan’s Covid-19 caseload) Michigan still stands out for its high per capita death rate. The list of contributing factors are credible and probable, and includes social factors, but it would be interesting to learn the reason why Age of Resistance: How a Virus Riled up Michigan and Spawned a Rebellion was ignored: Not wanting to antagonized an already potentially violent group, editorial slant to avoid placing blame, political appeasement, financial, and that it would be hard to directly link infection to protest as the same individual were unlikely to be practicing other safety measures. 200714-CV12A, 210103-CV23C -E. POST COLLECTIO: Months later Michigan remained both a CV and conspiracy epicenter.
CV02. Humor: 7 Brutally Funny Cartoons about Anti Lockdown Protests. How to Handle Disagreements about Social Distancing Video [Strip]. ADDED: [Cartoon].
CV03. Information: China Withheld Data on Coronavirus from WHO, Recordings Reveal. Complaints by officials at odds with body’s public praise of Beijing’s response to outbreak. The recordings show officials complaining in meetings during the week of 6 January that Beijing was not sharing data needed to evaluate the risk of the virus to the rest of the world. It was not until 20 January that China confirmed Coronavirus was contagious and 30 January that the WHO declared a global emergency. Tough call when working with governments that depend on obfuscation to remain in power CV06↓. Another possibility is that the Chinese government may not have known if CV was infectious and would rather be considered obstructionist rather than incompetent. If called out about not being cooperative, authoritarian states are more likely to become more competitive than cooperative. This will also support the narrative that CV is China’s fault CV06↓. ADDED: China Delayed Releasing Coronavirus Info, Frustrating WHO. 200604-CV06.
-A. POST COLLECTIO: The lack of transparency before this and now give credibility to a Wuhan Lab accident.
CV04. Politics: White House Shifts Focus from Coronavirus. The administration's task force has scaled back its meetings, and its top infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, said he hasn't met with President Trump in weeks. The White House's designated testing czar likewise said he is to return to his regular duties this month, and the president has shifted his focus to quashing protests nationwide in response to the death of George Floyd. MORE: Trump Hasn’t Attended Meeting of Coronavirus Task Force in Five Months, Member Says.
CV06. Linguistics: Dog Whistle Politics CV04. Trump, GOP Use Dog Whistle Politics To Stoke Fears, Divide Voters and Deflect from Trump’s Failures. U.S. Politicians Exploit Coronavirus Fears with Anti Chinese Dog Whistles. Trump’s Support for Police Served as ‘Dog Whistle’ to Voters with Racial Resentment. Trump Threatens 'Vicious Dogs' and 'Ominous Weapons' Could Have Been Used on White House Protesters. 200601-CV23. Trump Has Reached the 'Mad Emperor' Stage, and It's Terrifying to Behold =2= =3= =4=. CV03↑. ADDED: 200603-CV18.
CV16. Consequences, Social Change: Out Evolving Coronavirus by Evolving Our Own Scientific Ingenuity and Social Practices. If there is one thing that the Coronavirus pandemic has exposed, it is that there is much that we still don't know about the world around us. Forget about the trillions – okay, more than trillions – of galaxies in the universe that we'll never explore. Just at our feet or in the air around us are cohabitants of our own world – viruses – that occupy an odd liminal space, pushing our understanding of the meaning of life. They exist in what is effectively a hidden world, almost a "first Earth" that is both just offstage and right in front of us, and even inside of us. It's a world teeming with activity, full of blooming, buzzing confusion, competition, and evolution. Sometimes we explore this world intentionally, but at other times we run into it by accident, most noticeably when the alarms on one of the megafauna biodetectors – people and animals – go off. It's when these encounters happen that we remember that the space of things we don't know is truly unfathomable.
-CV16.1. Nudging out the Coronavirus with Behavioral Economics. Nudge theory is a concept used in behavioral economics that proposes ways to influence people's choices and behaviors through subtle changes in the environment or context where decisions are made.
CV21. Syndemic, Concurrent Disasters: FEMA Administrator's Third Letter to Emergency Managers. Pete Gaynor's advice for being ready for a disaster in a Covid-19 environment. It would also be appropriate to have mentioned the possibility of food riots 210103-23B -C, civil disturbance, armed conflicts, agent provocateurs, cyberattacks, disinformation, fewer hospitals being available, economic downturn, degraded disaster response capabilities, increasing instability, and the upcoming election CV23.
CV28. Logistics: Drugmakers Struggle to Meet Demand for Antidepressant Zoloft amid Covid-19. A combination of increased demand, shortage of pharmaceutical ingredients. This also indicates increased anxiety during CV, possibly switching to legal drugs (alcohol) amid illegal drug shortages, increased prices and It's Stockpiling, but Not as You Know It. Why Coronavirus Is Making People Hoard Illegal Drugs. ADDED: For Opioid Users, Pandemic Means New Dangers, but Also New Treatment Options. 201226-CV21.
CV28.1. Governors Detail Frustrations with Trump over Covid-19 Supplies. 201016-CV28.
CV33. Legal: Uncharted Territory: Legal Experts Weigh in on the Covid-19 Outbreak. This is a one stop shopping CV06 website for a full range of legal issues related to CV, but not every issue.
-A. MORE: Nov 2022 This article seems to have been 404ed CV06. Coronaviruslaw.com and Unprecedented Times, Uncharted Territory may have the same links.
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