Interview - Miriam Calleja Shaw

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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
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Robert's Recommended Reads - Dystopian Literature

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Dystopias are a weird creature because most of them, real and imagined, are usually the by-product of someone obsessively pursuing a utopia. It's what happened in Nazi Germany and what happened in the Hunger Games. The search for an idealised version of ourselves exposes the dark shadow that is neatly tucked in-between our principles, morality and integrity. Robert from The Bobsphere presents us with an eclectic selection of novels that explore a wide spectrum of dystopias.



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