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Hello!! Welcome to part 2 of the post! The previous post was about official sources of information. It also has some important stuff that I would be grateful if you read it before we dive in.
Right, as I was saying information on those platforms are processed and collated by hundreds of experts. This is to make the messages as simple & definitive as possible in an ever-changing pandemic.
This post is about the more geeky fun stuff, if I can put it that way. The below are professionals who have specific expertise (as opposed to opinion & feeling) whose perspectives I have found useful. Information through the geeky platform can be messy, sometimes contradictory. This is because we haven’t had much time to study this virus, and sometimes scientific data can be interpreted in multiple ways. All of this can explain why advise on our official platforms change all the time.
Interesting free podcasts & YouTubers:
- John, my other half finds this useful: Dr Mike’s YouTube (Disclaimer: I have not seen them but stuff that John quotes from his channel sound legit.)
- For the true Virology geeks amongst us: This Week in Virology (TWiV). I have been following this webcast for years! Run by Virologists at the Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA. I had found them particularly credible during the Zika epidemic. They have some very useful stuff on the current crisis.
- Two podcast episodes from Sam Harris. He is a Neuroscientist, Writer, Philosopher, & Broadcaster.
- A) Chatting with Yale University’s Nicholas Chritakis who felt the world should have shut everything down completely right at the very beginning. (Please note: I don’t agree with his views on this podcast)
- B) Conversation with Johns Hopkins’ Infectious Disease Specialist Amesh Adalja.
Useful free courses now that you have all the time in the world:
- Did you know Imperial College London is at the forefront of modelling the pandemic in the UK, and is part of the team advising our government? They are offering a free course on Covid-19 via Coursera, a credible platform for free online courses.
- This one sounds really interesting from Johns Hopkins, again on Coursera!
On a fun note:
Photo taken from Jamie Oliver’s Insta (@jamieoliver)
John & I found Jamie Oliver’s new cooking show quite on point! Channel 4’s Keep Cooking and Carry On is a mix of DIY home videos, and recipes from archives- it gives us “bendy” recipes, to quote Jamie, to adapt around what food we have at hand.
–> Next post: questions I have been asked about the actual virus! (sorry, the exclamation mark is me being a science geek)
Suravi Chatterjee-Woolman 