Interview - Miriam Calleja Shaw

You have recently published a book called COVID-19and the Virus that Shook the World . It provides a sobering look at virus infections and pandemics, with particular emphasis on the COVID-19 strain. Presently, the cases have diminished in Europe but the spread has moved elsewhere. However, how safe is ‘safe’ at the moment? With the way things are evolving with the ’new’ coronavirus, it’s very difficult to answer this question. The WHO just last weekend warned that the worst may be yet to come. We are certainly witnessing an atrocious amount of deaths and illness in the US. We don’t yet know with certainty which factors are affecting the progression of the pandemic. Indeed we don’t even know about all the symptoms that appear with COVID-19 infection. The relative ‘safety’ is different for everyone, depending on the state of their immunity and certain other factors. For a person with average health who isn’t too old, the danger of getting severely ill may be low – but we need to

Some Good News

Popular film actor and director JOHN KRASINSKI has come up with his own news portal, SGN (Some Good News). What he did was pretty simple: he asked his twitter followers to send him links to stories about amazing people caught up in this pandemic. The response was overwhelming. Roping in family (his two daughters made the logo which you can see behind him) and some well-known friends as guests, he made the first episode which went viral. Over 13 million views on youtube in just a few days. You can find EPISODE 1 and EPISODE 2 by clicking these links or else you can watch them below. Enjoy!





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