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CV02. Humor: Post Colonial African Humor, CV03. Information: DisAnalytics, CV05. Economics: Post Asia Recovery, CV06. Linguistics: Provocateur Symbols, VizPol, CV09. Arts, Creativity: Apocalyptic Novels, CV15. Death: Health Care Workers Mortality, CV17. Uncertainty, Contradictions: What to do After, CV18. Narrative, Social Reality: Biblical Worlds, Everything is Plural, CV19. Technosphere: Digital Contact Tracing, CV20. Communication: CV Caution Signs, CV21. Syndemic, Concurrent Disasters: India, Cyclones, CV21.1. DRC, Measles, Ebola, CV, CV22. Longue Duree: Hate for Others, Allo Miso, CV23. Polemic, Nocuous: Parallels with Destabilization, CV23.1. Executive Clash with Military, CV23.2. Threatening Contact Tracers, CV29. Responsibility, Decision Making: Restoring Health, Economy, Security but not Environment, Neutered CDC, CV30. Methodology: Indicators of Misleading Information, CV33. Legal: Suing for Doing Job
PDN Introduction, Glossary
CV02. Humor: Humour Ignores Social Distancing: Postcolonial Irony and Covid-19 in Africa CV21.1↓ CV01. 200604-CV33A, 201224-CV05.
CV03. Information: Governments and WHO Changed Covid-19 Policy Based on Suspect Data from Tiny US Company, that provided flawed data, also calling into question the integrity of key studies published in some of the world’s most prestigious medical journals. The health analytics company data for multiple studies on Covid-19 but has so far failed to adequately explain its data or methodology. It claims to have legitimately obtained from more than a thousand hospitals worldwide formed the basis of scientific articles that have led to changes in Covid-19 treatment policies in Latin American countries. CV29. 200608-CV30.
CV05. Economics: In a Post Coronavirus World, China Looks Set to Grow While the Rest of the World Contracts. Asia Wealth Management Post Covid-19: Adapting and Thriving in an Uncertain World. [Cartoon CV11]. 200604-CV06.
CV06. Linguistics: VizPol Takes a Cue from Bird Watching Apps to Help Journalists Identify Unfamiliar Political Symbols CV04. The demonstrations sparked in response to the murder of George Floyd are drawing participants with a range of political and ideological motives, including some allegedly less interested in protesting police brutality than promoting the aims of extremist groups. The Department of Homeland Security, for example, has specifically warned about domestic terrorists exploiting the protests to spark violence and other officials have warned of disingenuous actors, though they disagree on who to blame CV19.
-A. What might you want to know while covering a demonstration. Well, for starters, that wearing a Hawaiian shirt and igloo symbol =2= =3= could indicate a thirst for civil war CV23↓. Personally, I think the guns and tactical gear, no masks =2=, MAGA hats =2=, Nazi/ White Suprem(r)acists symbols =2=, and screaming about a war to save America would have been a tip off. 200618-CV04. 200801-CV31. 201011-CV23B.
-B. A group of researchers and journalists at Columbia University has been thinking about the problem since photojournalist and Columbia professor Nina Berman saw a woman at the 2018 Unite the Right 2 Rally in Washington, D.C. with distinctive tattoos, including one that read 1488, a white supremacist meme. If she’d been able to recognize the reference, Berman lamented, she would have asked the woman about it directly. [Cartoon =2=].
-C. Enter CV07: VizPol [InfoGraphic], an app that aims to help journalists covering demonstrations identify emblems in real time. It serves more as a tip sheet introduction to ideologies of various political groups in order to provide context so journalists can ask better questions, or take more informed pictures, and caption them with more specificity. When used, it also encourages the journalist to start looking for symbols which can lead to a more investigative instead of reactive approach.
-D‡. Anti Defamation League Coronavirus =2=. Southern Poverty Law Center Coronavirus =2=. The Tow Center Covid 19 Newsletter: Political Symbols at Demonstrations. CV22↓.
-E. During a parademic this is definitely the type of information I would want distributed to groups entering hot zones (social contagion and bioagent), and warm zones*F, for their protection CV01 CV23.1↓. This would be part of Hand SALUTE Dr under U, symbols and icons, 200531-1E. In fact, I would want a windshield and aerial surveys to be recording everything they see and sharing in real time. CV30.
-*F. In a global pandemic the whole world is the warm zone, while outbreak areas are hot zones.
CV09. Arts, Creativity: After the Crisis, What Kind of World Do We Want. Post Apocalyptic Novels Hold Lessons – and Warnings. New and republication of fiction/ novels can be narratives that influence behavior, rehearsals of emotions and what may happen, or speculations on what to prepare for, protect from and prevent. 200719-CV15.
-A. MORE: Too soon for Pandemic Fiction many people turned to pandemic literature in 2020, and classic pandemic novels such as The Plague 200722-CV09 and Decameron, as well as more contemporary novels like Contagion 200504-CV08, 200119-3. and Station Eleven [Video =2= =3=], all had an increase in sales. Whilst I couldn’t see the appeal during the pandemic, other people used pandemic fiction to make sense of the new normal we were living in. Mar 2020 8 Pandemic Themed Books to Read Amid Coronavirus, Apr 2020 13 Essential Pandemic Novels. Oct 2021 Ready or Not, Covid Is Coming to a Novel near You, Nov 2021 Inside Story: the First Pandemic Novels Have Arrived, but Are We Ready for Them, Aug 2021 Pandemic Fiction: Fall Books Include Stories of the Virus. Jan 2022 These Are the First Books about the Covid-19 Pandemic to Have Been Published in the Midst of It, Feb 2022 The Problem With the Pandemic Plot$, Sep 2022 Does the World Need Covid Novels, May 2022 We're Still Waiting for a Great Post Covid Pandemic Novel. 200817-CV22.1, 200720-CV09.1.
CV15. Death: More than 600 Nurses Die from Covid-19 Worldwide. Worldwide, there is no systematic and standardised record of the number of nurses and healthcare workers (HCWs) who have contracted the disease or died from it. International Council of Nurses (ICN) analysis, based on data from National Nursing Associations, official figures and media reports from a limited number of countries, indicates that more than 230,000 HCWs have contracted the disease, and more than 600 nurses have now died from the virus. Covid-19 Death Toll among Nurses Doubled in past Month. MORE: Aug 2022 Covid-19 Symptoms and Deaths among Healthcare Workers, United States 1,469 total, but this is a substantially higher proportion of HCWs died that the general population CV29A↓.
-A. ADDED: Nearly 300 Healthcare Workers Have Died From Coronavirus. MORE: 600 US Health Workers Died of Covid-19 – and the Toll Is Rising.
CV17. Uncertainty, Contradictions: What World Post Covid-19. Three Scenarios. Jane Goodall: Humanity Is Finished If it Fails to Adapt after Covid-19 if we fail to drastically change our food systems in response to the Coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis. She blamed the emergence of Covid-19 on the over exploitation CV11 of the natural world, which has seen forests cut down, species made extinct and natural habitats destroyed CV29↓. This is largely due to the creation of the Technosphere CV19 and Anthromes CV32. 200609-CV31.
CV18. Narrative, Social Reality: Where Do White Evangelicals Get Their Coronavirus News. The White House. Coronavirus Exposes Evangelical Christianity's Flaws. But the Church Can Be a Force for Good. Welcome to the Trumpocalypse, maybe the administration would take a bit more care with the CV pandemic if it weren’t loaded with folks who are looking forward to the end of the world. Behind Trump’s Demand to Reopen Churches: Slipping Poll Numbers and Alarm Inside His Campaign =2=. Trump's Biblical Spectacle Outside St. John's Church =2= =3=. Televangelist Pat Robertson Blasts Trump for His Protest Response =2= =3=. 200602-CV06. [Cartoon =2= =3= =4= =5=]. This Face Will Be the Last Thing You See Before You Die, Says Trump in Healing Address to Nation CV02. ADDED: 7 Scathing Cartoons about Trump's Bible Photo Op.
-A. Because I am so familiar with this I’ve never mentioned that all behaviors are plural, multiple currents, and occur in a variety of contexts that are not always obvious in situ, but become obvious when an action is taken that does not consider impact on other systems. Nothing is monolithic. Everyone one of the categories used in PDN should be in the plural form and contradictions within and among each category CV17↑. Ignoring the multiple currents is one of the simplifications of PDN, as compared to PDWN before CV. This simplification is one of the reasons the PDN should not be a sole resource for gaining situation awareness of incidents, understanding of events, and making decisions with a limit the number of unknown (unintended) consequences CV30↓. This does not mean the consequences won’t be bad, but a least there is a chance to mitigate them. MORE: Epidemic of Wipes and Masks Plagues Sewers, Storm Drains.
CV19. Technosphere: Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response. As public health professionals around the world work tirelessly to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is clear that traditional methods of contact tracing need to be augmented in order to help address a public health crisis of unprecedented scope. Innovators worldwide are racing to develop and implement novel public facing technology solutions, including digital contact tracing technology. These technological products may aid public health surveillance and containment strategies for this pandemic and become part of the larger toolbox for future infectious outbreak prevention and control. ADDED: Why We Need the Human Touch in Contact Tracing for Coronavirus. 200810-CV01.1.
CV20. Communication: What Effective Coronavirus Signs Look like CV01. A well made sign is a potent weapon in the effort to fight the spread of Covid-19. As businesses reopen, signs can choreograph pedestrian flow, remind customers to keep six feet apart, and help coworkers navigate new social greetings. There is already a vast catalog of pre made Coronavirus themed signage available online. They range from no nonsense safety warnings to cheeky handwashing reminders to cartoony office posters from the CDC and the WHO. Before purchasing or printing multiples of these stock options, know that some signs are more effective than others. SLAI RIDE tailored for each audience and public space, the same sign will not necessarily work for all linguistic groups, cultures, anthromes and biomes.
CV21. Syndemic, Concurrent Disasters: Severe Cyclone Bears down on Mumbai, menacing the megacity of Mumbai for the first time in decades. With winds gusting up to 75 miles per hour and waves as high as six feet, the city is bracing to deal with Cyclone Nisarga at the same time as it battles the Coronavirus. Mumbai, home to 20 million people, has emerged as the country's Coronavirus hot spot, with more than 40,000 cases and 1,300 deaths, straining its creaky health care system. I’ve noted over the years that it is not infrequent that getting news about a biocalamity in a state or country often times is from sources outside that place, even when that area is still publishing news. No idea if there is any pattern to this.
CV21.1. Congo Is Battling Coronavirus, Measles and a New Ebola Outbreak. CV02↑. 200812-CV21.2. 201219-CV21.
CV22. Longue Duree: Othering, xenophobia, scapegoating are a parademic characteristic of pandemics. Allo miso, Greek for other hate. Pandemics: Waves of Disease, Waves of Hate from the Plague of Athens to A.I.D.S. Lessons from past Pandemics: Disinformation, Scapegoating, and Social Distancing. 700 Years Before Coronavirus: Jewish Life During the Black Death Plague =2= =3= =4=, German Exhibit on Black Death Goes Viral, Then Virtual; Shows Jews Were Blamed, after the Covid-19 outbreak, a museum suddenly finds itself in the spotlight as its now-online display on the religious and medical reactions to medieval plagues spikes in demand CV06 -D‡↑. 200829-CV29. MORE: Covid-19 in the DRC: Dr Muyembe Fears Large Scale Contamination of Healthcare Workers.
CV23. Polemic, Nocuous: CIA Veterans Who Monitored Crackdowns Abroad See Troubling Parallels in Trump’s Handling of Protests CV06↑. Home of the Hateful, Fearful, Heavily Armed. Coronavirus is threatening to ignite a tinderbox of grievances in the US. The growing parallels with Iraq, Lebanon and Somalia (all failed or failing states CV are real and disturbing.
CV23.1. Pentagon - Trump Clash Breaks Open over Military and Protests, also draws stinging rebuke from ex defense chief Mattis CV30↓ who accuses him of setting up conflict between military and civilian society and abuse of executive authority =2= =3= =4=. MORE: General Mattis Condemns Trump as Threat to Constitution CV02.
CV23.2. Local Public Health Workers Report Hostile Threats and Fears about Contact Tracing. A small town spat about contact tracing and isolation escalated online, and became so heated that contract tracers became afraid for their lives. It began with a simple interaction: A contract tracer called a household where someone had tested positive for Coronavirus to remind that person to stay in isolation, and to see if that person or anyone else needed anything dropped off. They were told that a person had left the house. Not long after, law enforcement told the contract tracers there was online chatter about the team's work, and growing threats against them. One particular Facebook post began to spread. It accused the team of surveillance and warned people they were being watched. CV01 CV06E↑. ADDED: CDC Director: US Needs up to 100,000 Contact Tracers by September to Fight Coronavirus. 200810-CV01.1.
-A. Remember way back during the 2014*B West African Ebola, when health care workers, burial teams, and contact tracers were attacked by the ignorant West African’s with their primitive superstitious beliefs. 200812-CV21.2, 200519-27.1, 200426-CV17.
-*B. POST COLLECTIO: Nov 2022 The Parademic listibase refers to 2013-2016 West African Ebola. 2014 was the official start but it probably started in 2013 with unrecognized cases among animals and occasional humans. This was marked initially with a s/low growth curve in a distant region of the world, with commentary on why the concern until it accelerated into a fast and steep growth curve and reached the US in 2014 with the Ebolaphobia Parademic that was effectively used in the elections. After the Nov 2014 elections it was abruptly dropped and became a clinical epidemic again restricted to Africa and finally became dormant in 2016.
CV29. Responsibility, Decision Making: What Leaders Can do to Restore Public Health and the Economy. In a pandemic, speed is critical. Lives, economic stability, and national security depend on a rapid response. Government coordination is also key, as the disease takes advantage of any chaos to spread. The grim milestone of 100,000 deaths in the United States reminds us of the human face of the Coronavirus and the staggering loss. Stability CV23↓ may be achieved by restoring health, economy and security, but to sustain stability the environment 200604-CV11 needs to be rehabilitated CV17↑ CV26, otherwise one still has the original conditions (returned to the norms CV24 of before the biocalamity) that harmed health, economy and security. 1.8M Coronavirus cases, The CDC Waited Its Entire Existence for this Moment. What Went Wrong.
-A. MORE: Covid Has Claimed More than 600,000 Lives in United States, US Covid-19 Deaths Hit 600,000, Equal to Yearly Cancer Toll, 210103-CV25 CV15↑,
CV30. Methodology: The Atlantic Daily: James Mattis Speaks Out. A guide to reading about the protests CV03 CV18A↑: 1) Keep an eye out for reports that employ euphemisms or the passive voice. 2) Don’t fall for the “chaos” theory of the protests. 3) Resist the urge to simplify the story. The Atlantic limits free access. It may not be possible to get all 3 articles directly.
CV33. Legal: An ER Doctor Lost His Job after Criticizing His Hospital on Covid-19. Now He's Suing. The criticisms were about safety issues. Though a common practice currently to fire whistle blowers and inspectors, legally it is shaky ground, especially if injuries, illness and death results.
-A. POST COLLECTIO: Nov 2022 Taking legal action for unsafe medical practices were drowned out by misinformation spread by MDs, shortages of PPE, and the neutering of OSHA =2=.
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