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Human Rights Watch
COVID-19 FUELING ANTI-RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA WORLDWIDE
Governments should take urgent steps to prevent racist and xenophobic violence and discrimination linked to the Covid-19 pandemic while prosecuting racial attacks against Asians and people of Asian descent, Human Rights Watch said today.
TIME
'I WILL NOT STAND SILENT' 10 ASIAN AMERICANS REFLECT ON RACISM DURING THE PANDEMIC
Diseases and outbreaks have long been used to rationalize xenophobia: HIV was blamed on Haitian Americans, the 1918 influenza pandemic on German Americans, the swine flu in 2009 on Mexican Americans. The racist belief that Asians carry disease goes back centuries.
NPR
CORONAVIRUS FAQS: HOW TO STAY SAFE WHILE PROTESTING, WHEN TO GO OUT AFTER RECOVERY
This is part of a series looking at pressing coronavirus questions of the week. We'd like to hear what you're curious about. Email us at goatsandsoda@npr.org with the subject line: "Weekly Coronavirus Questions."
CORONAVIRUS IS NOT THE FLU. IT'S WORSE.
(Vox) Available on Youtube
Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has similar symptoms to the flu. They also spread in similar ways. So it's natural to want to compare the two. But Covid-19 is very different, in ways that make it much more dangerous. And understanding how is key to understanding why we have to take it so seriously.
'I CAN BARELY KEEP TRACK': INSIDE A TEXAS HOSPITAL BATTLING CORONAVIRUS
(New York Times) Available on Youtube
Our correspondent Sheri Fink goes behind the scenes at Houston Methodist Hospital as coronavirus cases rise.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI DISCUSSES THE CORONAVIRUS WITH TOP U.S. HEALTH OFFICIAL
(CNBC) Available on Youtube
Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said last week that the virus has mutated in a way that might help the pathogen spread more easily. Research is underway to confirm the possible mutation and its implications, Fauci said, adding that "there's a little dispute about it."
WHAT CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS LOOK LIKE, DAY BY DAY
(Science Insider) Available on Youtube
After being exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19, it can take as few as two and as many as 14 days for symptoms to develop. Cases range from mild to critical. The average timeline from the first symptom to recovery is about 17 days, but some cases are fatal. Here's what it looks like to develop COVID-19, day by day.