Recommended reading by doctors: For those who are inclined. This is a very well written article on the epidemiology of COVID...gives an idea of what SG is doing.

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

16-18 March 2020

COVID impact

On the film industry

(1) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-productions-flux-coronavirus-concerns-1284398?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

(2) https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/colbert-fallon-uncomfortable-silence-coronavirus-keeps-audiences-home-073159118.html

Racism at Belgian high school

https://mothership.sg/2020/03/belgian-students-chinese-virus-racism/

Useful insight into how SG's investments in science, research, and technology have helped us tackle COVID-19

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/singapore-better-prepared-to-handle-covid-19-than-sars-12535076?fbclid=IwAR2aCWUc_x51KEqxGzQWWgm5gvhACFp5sdUw7AzsUFWZrPw9MEGoO6lkV-I

Fairly comprehensive overview of recent advisories and measures

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sporeans-need-to-take-advice-not-to-travel-very-seriously-must-take-responsibility-for?fbclid=IwAR3Z1vLmD4UfE__UiKISRV1m6S2s6BPT2p6RBSKGdbW_XTSBgpIAb7_p_IM

6 April 2020

Food supplies disruptions…can SG cope?

https://www.facebook.com/ChannelNewsAsia/videos/2903906353033505/?v=2903906353033505

HBL—digital divide; distracted kids

(1) Laptops for families in need

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid19-home-based-learning-laptops-volunteers-donation-12617146?cid=FBcna

(2) after Day 1

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nevertheless-other-parents-such-ms-iris-sim-glasscoe-38-were-less-fussed-requirement

Long but comprehensive. BBC’s perspective: Should the world worry about Singapore's virus surge?https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52232147

China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Coronavirus

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-05/china-sacrifices-a-province-to-save-the-world-from-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR0wabzXRL05GqVJgCL5_D7Ol-DKRFpVXiNKIhEUuxiFp_G33wAm6xqiHdc

The possible outcomes of the virus

https://www.businessinsider.sg/wuhan-coronavirus-mild-pandemic-how-it-could-end-2020-2/?r=US&IR=T

24-26 March 2020

Stephen King’s post from The Strand—how a pandemic spreads

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/stephen-king-helpfully-posts-stand-145901815.html

The young are wrong in being complacent about COVID

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/who-message-to-youth-on-coronavirus-you-are-not-invincible

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/coronavirus-new-evidence-shows-young-people-are-falling-seriously-ill

Why SG Taiwan and HK are role models

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3075915/singapore-hong-kong-taiwan-real-coronavirus-world-leaders

COVID Freebies

books and subscriptions

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-can-now-download-over-300-000-books-from-the-nypl-for-free-031820

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/coronavirus-audible-free-books-schools-close-uk-a9415761.html

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/15/us/scholastic-coronavirus-students-trnd/index.html

free broadway musicals online

https://www.insider.com/stream-broadway-musicals-plays-for-free-online-limited-time-coronavirus-2020-3

Asian Americans stock up on guns

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3076395/asian-americans-are-stocking-guns-protect-themselves?utm_content=article&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1584997923

Lost Sense of Smell & Taste May Be Clue to Coronavirus Infection

https://nyti.ms/2WB21rx