the coming plague part 2 of 2 laurie garrett

Garrett provides a commentary on major events in history that have contributed to the rise of epidemics and the resurgence of old and new diseases alike. The book entails the real-life global health events that have shaken the world in the 20th century. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. The entire Webcast is archived on YouTube, with the title, “ The Press and the Pandemic: Tips from Pulitzer Winner Laurie Garrett.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. And so the consequences of any statement by any leader that isn’t rooted in solid science-or, if the solid science is uncertain, doesn’t state the uncertainty-is socially irresponsible, is costing lives, is actually killing people.” So this notion that it’s just old people: dead wrong. Forty percent of the seriously ill hospitalized people in New York City right now, which is the epicenter of the entire global pandemic at this moment, 40 percent of them are under 50 years of age. Well, it is a biggie! Because you can infect others. It’s only old people, like me, that can get sick and die, so what the heck, I’ll go ahead and go out and wander around and go jogging and hang out with my friends in the park for a picnic. They’ve somehow gotten the word that young people can’t get sick, young people can’t die, they won’t be hospitalized. And a lot of politicians are the major vehicles of this misinformation. “The misinformation that’s come out is just incredible.

He now runs an initiative on communication and sustainability at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. She was interviewed recently on the new Sustain What? Webcast launched last month by longtime journalist Andrew Revkin. She’s been on the pandemic beat for decades. Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author the 1995 book The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance. And they were all young people who’d somehow gotten the message that this is only dangerous for old people.” And I went outside to get some milk and saw the streets were full of people.

“You know, the other day we had a bright, sunny day as we do today in New York, after many days of gloomy darkness and cold.

The coming plague part 2 of 2 laurie garrett