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title: "Resources and texts on Cronavirus"
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# Making sense of the pandemic

- [How will country-based mitigation measures influence the course of the COVID-19 epidemic?](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30567-5/fulltext)
- [Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf)
- [Review of Ferguson et al “Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions...”](https://necsi.edu/review-of-ferguson-et-al-impact-of-non-pharmaceutical-interventions)
- [Flatten the Curve](https://www.flattenthecurve.com/)
- [Epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft on South Korea's successful containment strategy: Test, Test, Test](https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/fi14db/we_are_four_swiss_scientists_studying/fkepbz0/)
- [The Man Who Saw the Pandemic Coming](http://nautil.us/issue/83/intelligence/the-man-who-saw-the-pandemic-coming)
- [Mike Davis: "The Monster is finally at the door"](http://links.org.au/mike-davis-covid-19-monster-finally-at-the-door)
- [Why We Should Care: Common Questions and Answers about Covid-19](https://medium.com/@davetroy/why-we-should-care-commonly-asked-questions-and-answers-about-covid-19-6b166f1876e9)
- [Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now](https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca)
- [Naomi Klein: Coronavirus Is the Perfect Disaster for Disaster Capitalism](https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/61852-focus-naomi-klein-coronavirus-is-the-perfect-disaster-for-disaster-capitalism)
- [Toilet Paper Wars and the Shithouse of Capitalism](https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/15/toilet-paper-wars-and-shithouse-capitalism)
- [Against Agamben: Is a Democratic Biopolitics Possible?](http://criticallegalthinking.com/2020/03/14/against-agamben-is-a-democratic-biopolitics-possible/)
- [The Coronavirus Is Killing Globalization as We Know It](https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus-killing-globalization-nationalism-protectionism-trump/)
- [Daniel Tanuro: Huit thèses sur le coronavirus (FR)](https://www.gaucheanticapitaliste.org/huit-theses-sur-le-coronavirus/)
- [La vendetta del welfare – di Andrea Fumagalli (ITA)](http://effimera.org/la-vendetta-del-welfare-di-andrea-fumagalli/)
- [Chi paga i costi del Coronavirus? Raccolta di testi, by InfoAut (ITA)](https://www.infoaut.org/precariato-sociale/chi-paga-i-costi-del-coronavirus-raccolta-di-testi)
- [Habitar la excepción: pensamientos sin cuarentena (ES)](https://www.filosofiapirata.net/habitar-la-excepcion-pensamientos-sin-cuarentena-i/) 

# Where to find public health advice on prevention and symptoms
- [WHO's Coronavirus disease advice for the public](https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public)
- [CDC's Prevention of Coronavirus](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention.html)
- [Ireland Health Service's Coronavirus guidelines](https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/coronavirus.html)
- [NHS's Health Information and Advice on Coronavirus](https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/)
- [Instituto Superiore di Sanità](https://www.iss.it/coronavirus)
- [Covid19Italia](https://www.covid19italia.info/)
- [Stay at home: guidance for people with confirmed or possible coronavirus](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-people-with-confirmed-or-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection)
- [What to do if you have confirmed or suspected Coronavirus](https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/COVIDcasepositive.pdf)
# Home isolation
- [Downloadable posters templates for those who are self-isolating as a preventative measure, by Chronically Awesome](https://chronicallyawesome.org.uk/posters-for-those-who-are-self-isolating-as-a-preventative-measure/)
- [Safer Drug Use During the COVID-19 Outbreak](https://harmreduction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID19-safer-drug-use-1.pdf)
- [Quarantine the cat? Disinfect the dog? The latest advice about the coronavirus and your pets](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/quarantine-cat-disinfect-dog-latest-advice-about-coronavirus-and-your-pets) 

# Labour, precarity and joblessness
- [The Workers Who Face the Greatest Coronavirus Risk, by NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/15/business/economy/coronavirus-worker-risk.html)
- [COVID-19 lessons from Italy. A primer for workplace rights, health and safety](https://docs.google.com/document/d/16yFBKV3nACNLvSeEYIe5GlLLjVXJdVUaFa8o8UGdD3M/edit)
- [Coronavirus sparks nationwide strikes in Italy](https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-sparks-nationwide-strikes-in-italy/)
- [Workers and the Virus: Radical Lessons from Italy in the Age of COVID-19](https://medium.com/@adelfanti/workers-and-the-virus-radical-lessons-from-italy-in-the-age-of-covid-19-fac400bd9a02) 
- [Sex Workers Advocacy and Resistance Movement Solidarity Fund (UK)](https://www.swarmcollective.org/donate)
- [As coronavirus spreads, housekeepers in L.A. declare staying home ‘a luxury’](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-15/coronavirus-pandemic-disease-housekeepers-westwood)
-  [COVID-19 and Freelance Artists (USA)](https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/)
- [Our Response to the COVID-19 Crisis, by Designers + Cultural Workers branch of the United Voices of the World Union (UK)](https://mailchi.mp/0f67a2d44fa7/our-response-to-the-covid-19-crisis)
- [Germany promises financial support to help arts institutions hit by coronavirus](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-promises-financial-support-to-help-arts-institutions-hit-by-coronavirus)
- [Mutual Aid: How to Build a Network in Your Neighborhood from Medford-Somerville (USA)](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ca-sz4DRNvUg8ezcrfd6awH-ahxBDJwnbdzxm4_qDVs/edit)
- [Collective Care Is Our Best Weapon against COVID-19](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uP49OQGhosfBN4BOYQvyy_Mu3mpCSOYzip13LksC-S8/edit)
- [L’impatto del Coronavirus sui freelance. I risultati di un sondaggio](https://www.actainrete.it/2020/03/03/limpatto-del-coronavirus-sui-freelance-i-risultati-di-un-sondaggio/)

# Carework
- [Time to Care. Unpaid and underpaid care work and the global inequality crisis. Oxfam briefing Paper, January 2020.](https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620928/bp-time-to-care-inequality-200120-en.pdf)
- [Sveglia all’alba per ospedali lindi e in ordine: l’importanza delle addette alle pulizie](https://www.bergamonews.it/2020/03/12/sveglia-allalba-per-ospedali-lindi-e-in-ordine-limportanza-delle-addette-alle-pulizie/358865/)
- [Cleaners in coronavirus-hit London hospital walk out after private contractor fails to pay wages](https://www.gmb-southern.org.uk/news/cleaners-walk-out-lewisham-hospital-contractor-fails-pay-wages)

# Reproductive rights
- [Interruzione di gravidanza](https://consultoriautogestita.wordpress.com/interruzione-di-gravidanza/)
- [L’emergenza di prendersi cura di noi: risorse online al tempo di Covid-19, by Chayn Italia (ITA)](https://www.che-fare.com/chayn-donne-covid-cura/)
- [House Republicans Tried to Capitalize on Coronavirus to Sneak Anti-Abortion Language Into Law](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/house-republicans-tried-to-capitalize-on-coronavirus-to-sneak-anti-abortion-language-into-law/)

# Domestic violence
- [Home Is Not A Safe Place For Everyone](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/domestic-violence-coronavirus_n_5e6a6ac1c5b6bd8156f3641b)
- [Coronavirus: Spike in divorces as fighting couples forced into isolation](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/03/coronavirus-spike-in-divorces-as-fighting-couples-forced-into-isolation-report.html)
- [Pandemic Inequalities, Pandemic Demands](https://www.weareplanc.org/blog/pandemic-inequalities-pandemic-demands/)

# Homeless, refugees, prisoners
- [CDC's guidance for homeless shelters](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/homeless-shelters/plan-prepare-respond.html)
- [Specific Considerations for Public Health Authorities to Limit Infection Risk Among People Experiencing Homelessness](https://files.hudexchange.info/public/resources/documents/Specific-Considerations-for-Public-Health-Authorities-to-Limit-Infection-Risk-Among-People-Experiencing-Homelessness.pdf)
- [What if you can’t stay home? Recommendations to support the health of people experiencing homelessness during the Coronavirus State of Emergency](http://www.streetsheet.org/what-if-you-cant-stay-home/) 
- [UN Refugee Agency steps up COVID-19 preparedness, prevention and response measures](https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2020/3/5e677f634/un-refugee-agency-steps-covid-19-preparedness-prevention-response-measures.html)
- [COVID-19: Evacuation of squalid Greek camps more urgent than ever in light of coronavirus pandemic](https://www.msf.org.uk/article/covid-19-evacuation-squalid-greek-camps-more-urgent-ever-light-coronavirus-pandemic)
- [To contain coronavirus, release people in prison. Do not let Covid-19 become Katrina in Connecticut.](https://ctmirror.org/category/ct-viewpoints/joseph-gaylin-noora-reffat-and-arvind-venkataraman/)
- [Le rivolte nelle carceri sono il frutto di crisi vecchie e nuove, L'Internazionale (ITA)](https://www.internazionale.it/notizie/giuseppe-rizzo/2020/03/11/rivolte-carcere-coronavirus)
- - [Coronavirus. Emergenza economica, domenica il decreto da almeno 15 miliardi: stop versamenti Fisco e rate mutui, Il Sole 24 Ore (ITALY)](https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/coronavirus-rimborso-gli-spettacoli-rinvio-laurea-ultime-novita-decreto-ADl1TAD)
- [Coronavirus Calls for an Emergency Rent Freeze and Eviction Moratorium,  Jacobin (USA)](https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/03/coronavirus-housing-security-rent-freeze-eviction)
- [Hong Kong retailers in rent battle to survive virus, protests blow (HONG KONG)](https://retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/hong-kong-retailers-in-rent-battle-to-survive-virus-protests-blow/74393790)

# Coronavirus and environmental crisis
- [EcoHealth Alliance's Publication](https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/publications)
- ["The Man Who Saw the Pandemic Coming"](http://nautil.us/issue/83/intelligence/the-man-who-saw-the-pandemic-coming)
- [Jim Robbins: "The Ecology of Disease"](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/sunday-review/the-ecology-of-disease.html), 
- [Robert G. Wallace: "Coronavirus: »Agribusiness would risk millions of deaths.«"](https://www.marx21.de/coronavirus-agribusiness-would-risk-millions-of-deaths/)
- [Robert G. Wallace: "Big Farms Make a Big Flu"](https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5d5484679ff37c2d4c622bf8)
- [Robert G. Wallace, Rodrick Wallace (eds.): "Neoliberal Ebola: Modeling Disease Emergence from Finance to Forest and Farm"](http://93.174.95.29/_ads/8D07B63757F066F0203EE0F4A68B18DD)
- [Robert G. Wallace: "Big Farms Make a Big Flu"](https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5d5484679ff37c2d4c622bf8)
- [What would happen if the world reacted to climate change like it’s reacting to the coronavirus?](https://www.fastcompany.com/90473758/what-would-happen-if-the-world-reacted-to-climate-change-like-its-reacting-to-the-coronavirus)
- [Can Capitalist Reform Save The Environment?](http://www.leftcom.org/en/articles/2020-02-24/can-capitalist-reform-save-the-environment)
- ["Study: Coronavirus Lockdown Likely Saved 77,000 Lives In China Just By Reducing Pollution"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2020/03/16/coronavirus-lockdown-may-have-saved-77000-lives-in-china-just-from-pollution-reduction/)
- ["Coronavirus Causes Decline in Air Pollution Across Northern Italy"](https://www.greenmatters.com/p/italy-air-pollution-coronavirus)
- ["Aircraft emissions ‘responsible for 16,000 deaths per year’""](https://airqualitynews.com/2015/07/27/aircraft-emissions-responsible-for-16000-deaths-per-year/)
- [Eric Holthaus: "No, the coronavirus is not good for the climate"](https://thecorrespondent.com/330/no-the-coronavirus-is-not-good-for-the-climate/43687590870-ae5ff40e)

# Socialising and conviviality
- [Aplausos en toda España para agradecer al personal sanitario su titánico esfuerzo](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20200314/coronavirus-aplausos-vecinos-personal-medico-7890204)
- [L'applauso dai balconi di tutta Italia per medici e infermieri](https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2020-03-14/coronavirus-applausi-balconi-mezzogiorno-7519424/)
- [Quarantine Kitchen: Iranians share recipes, flavors, and joy despite the threat of coronavirus](https://ajammc.com/)
- [Clubbers in China are going to 'cloud raves' on TikTok because Coronavirus quarantines mean they can't party for real — here's what CloudRaves are like](https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-quarantine-cloud-raves-china-photos-2020-2)
[Stuck at Home Due to Coronavirus, Millions of Chinese Are Partying Online](https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/epgapp/online-parties-china-coronavirus-lockdown)
- [Stuck at Home Due to Coronavirus, Millions of Chinese Are Partying Online](https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/epgapp/online-parties-china-coronavirus-lockdown)
- [Arriva il weekend in isolamento: tutti pronti per l'aperitivo virtuale](https://it.mashable.com/coronavirus/2364/arriva-il-weekend-in-isolamento-tutti-pronti-per-laperitivo-virtuale)
- [Coronavirus, aperitivi e cene virtuali: le app per ritrovarsi vicini ma lontani](https://www.corriere.it/moda/20_marzo_14/coronavirus-aperitivi-cene-virtuali-app-ritrovarsi-vicini-ma-lontani-e0147d82-65ff-11ea-a287-bbde7409af03.shtml)
- [QuaratineChat](https://quarantinechat.com/)

# Coronavirus and technology
- [Rebelling with Care. Exploring open technologies for commoning healthcare.](https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:26681/) 
- [Also available in ITA](http://wemake.cc/digitalsocial/cure-ribelli/)
- [Nick Titus from the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective. Video from the Pirate Care Conference, Coventry University, June 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgMPGOw3Flg&list=PLX-N8krB2JMcVktrreeqLJAKTYqNoiSnO&index=18)
- [Four Thieves Vinegar Collective: An Anarchist Guide to Surviving Coronavirus - Covid-19](https://archive.org/details/2019ncov/mode/2up)
- [Coronavirus Tech Handbook](https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/)
- [The world’s biggest online population is staying home and China’s internet can’t cope](https://www.abacusnews.com/culture/worlds-biggest-online-population-staying-home-and-chinas-internet-cant-cope/article/3050947)
- [Data Centers Prepare Contingencies for Coronavirus Spread](https://datacenterfrontier.com/silicon-valley-data-centers-prepare-contingencies-for-coronavirus-spread/)
- [The Corona Reboot](https://www.ianalanpaul.com/the-corona-reboot/)
- [China’s giants from Alibaba to Tencent ramp up health tech efforts to battle coronavirus](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/coronavirus-china-alibaba-tencent-baidu-boost-health-tech-efforts.html)
- [In China’s hospitals, robots are helping to halt the spread of coronavirus](https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/trio-of-robots-china-hospitals/)
- [The rush to deploy robots in China amid the coronavirus outbreak](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/02/the-rush-to-deploy-robots-in-china-amid-the-coronavirus-outbreak.html)
- [COVID-19 could kill the for-profit science publishing model.That would be a good thing](https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-03/covid-19-open-science)
- [Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients lives by 3D printing valves for reanimation devices](https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/covid-19-3d-printed-valve-for-reanimation-device/#comment-7095)
- [(ITA) Coronavirus, a Brescia manca una valvola per i rianimatori: ingegneri e fisici la stampano in 3D in sei ore](https://it.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-manca-la-valvola-per-uno-strumento-di-rianimazione-e-noi-la-stampiamo-in-3d-accade-nellospedale-di-chiari-brescia/)
- [Discussion thread on the fb group 'Fabber in Italia' initiated by Zoe Romano]( https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=fabber%20in%20italia&epa=SEARCH_BOX)
- [Solidarity infrastructure for solidarity actions](https://www.systemli.org/en/2020/03/15/solidarity-as-infrastructure.html)
- [Open Source Italian Platform to share info and support for the emercengy](https://www.covid19italia.help/)
- [Open Wiki to map, connect and organize information channels, solidarity and social cooperation](https://viralsolidarity.org/doku.php?id=start)
- [Open source medical supplies FB group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/670932227050506/)
- [Ultimate Medical Hackathon: How Fast Can We Design And Deploy An Open Source Ventilator?, by Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/2020/03/12/ultimate-medical-hackathon-how-fast-can-we-design-and-deploy-an-open-source-ventilator/)
- [Biohackers team up online to help develop coronavirus solutions](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/biohacking-online-forums-coronavirus-vaccines-testing)
- [How profit makes the fight for a coronavirus vaccine harder](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/04/market-coronavirus-vaccine-us-health-virus-pharmaceutical-business)
- [Impacts of operational failures on primary care physicians’ work: A critical interpretive synthesis of the literature](https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research-articles/impacts-operational-failures-primary-care-physicians-work-critical-interpretive-synthesis-literature)
- [Trump 'offers large sums' for exclusive US access to coronavirus vaccine](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/15/trump-offers-large-sums-for-exclusive-access-to-coronavirus-vaccine)
- [The science of soap – here’s how it kills the coronavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/12/science-soap-kills-coronavirus-alcohol-based-disinfectants)

# Political demands
- [Plan C: Pandemic demands and mutual aid](https://www.weareplanc.org/blog/pandemic-demands-and-mutual-aid/)
- [Plan C: Pandemic inequalities, pandemic demands](https://www.weareplanc.org/blog/pandemic-inequalities-pandemic-demands/)
- [Bue Rübner Hansen's list of demands](https://www.facebook.com/buerhansen/posts/10158037155810351)
- [To our friends all over the world from the eye of Covid-19 storm, by DINAMOPress, (Italy)](https://www.dinamopress.it/news/to-our-friends-all-over-the-world-from-the-eye-of-covid-19-storm/)
- [The Insanity of Making Sick People Work, by Jacobin Magazine (USA)](https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/coronavirus-workers-rights-health-care-cleaners-gig-economy)
- [Coronavirus: 8 demands we should make on the government, by Counterfire (UK)](https://www.counterfire.org/articles/opinion/20956-coronavirus-8-demands-we-should-make-on-the-government)
- [Demands from Grassroots Organizers Concerning COVID-19, by Transformative Spaces (USA)](https://transformativespaces.org/2020/03/04/demands-from-grassroots-organizers-concerning-covid-19/)
- [‘The Cripples Will Save You’: A Critical Coronavirus Message from a Disability Activist](https://creakyjoints.org/living-with-arthritis/coronavirus-disability-activism/)

# Other useful reading lists
- [COVID-19 Readings and Supports by Pyriscence Magazine](https://www.pyriscence.ca/home/covid19links)
- [COVID-19: Left Perspectives](https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/12lWfgIO4Kbkka2W6w5fsMt0ZhG5YXXoHyhDHmrVGOCU/mobilebasic)
- [The Syllabus: The Politics of COVID-19](https://the-syllabus.com/politics-of-covid19-readings-part1/)