Hacker News with Generative AI: Pandemic

When the Check Came for Outdoor Dining (slate.com)
Four years ago, as pundits and politicians predicted the end of the city, an unlikely symbol of resilience emerged: a hastily built wooden platform, in the curb lane outside a restaurant, where people could eat and drink without fear of infection.

Restaurants, Pandemic, Urban Planning

9 points by rntn 18 days ago | 1 comments

The Distracted Mind During a Crisis (2020) (distributed.blog)
Matt Mullenweg speaks with neuroscientist Dr. Adam Gazzaley, co-author of the 2016 book The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World, about how our brains work, particularly during times like the current pandemic. How does the brain handle internal and external stimuli, and what do we know about the effect of practices like meditation, exercise, nutrition, and sleep?

Neuroscience, Psychology, Meditation, Health, Pandemic

12 points by luu 25 days ago | 1 comments

Extinction of the Influenza B Yamagata line during the Covid pandemic (2022) (nlm.nih.gov)
Vaccination remains the most effective way to mitigate the enormous burden of influenza on the health care system.

Influenza, Pandemic, Public Health, Vaccination

62 points by JumpCrisscross 31 days ago | 23 comments

Four Years Ago Today (tracydurnell.com)
I’ve taken to ignoring all the autogenerated “memories” that my phone would like to show me from four years ago — because while the system simply matches the date, *I* know that four years ago was the depths of despair of the pandemic.

Personal Reflections, Pandemic, Technology

15 points by surprisetalk 56 days ago | 2 comments

Genetic ghosts suggest Covid's market origins (bbc.com)
A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak.

Genetics, Covid-19, Science, China, Pandemic

5 points by YeGoblynQueenne 59 days ago | 0 comments

Genetic ghosts suggest Covid's market origins (bbc.co.uk)
A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak.

Genetics, Covid-19, Science, Pandemic

12 points by rwmj 63 days ago | 5 comments

The scary truth about how far behind American kids have fallen (vox.com)
Students of all ages still haven’t made up the ground they lost during the pandemic.

Education, Pandemic, Social Issues, United States

17 points by rntn 63 days ago | 13 comments

Did the Pandemic Break Our Brains? (time.com)
Not long ago, Mark Chiverton, a 33-year-old in the U.K., noticed he was making a lot of silly mistakes.

Psychology, Pandemic, Mental Health

9 points by ivewonyoung 66 days ago | 0 comments

Bird flu is quietly getting scarier (theatlantic.com)
Up until last Friday afternoon, a total of 13 people in the United States had officially come down this year with avian influenza H5, also known as bird flu. A subtype of that virus, a potential pandemic pathogen called H5N1, has for months been circulating in our dairy herds, and has already killed tens of millions of birds here.

Public Health, Avian Flu, Animal Health, Pandemic

5 points by sieste 66 days ago | 0 comments

Teen Girls' Brains Aged Rapidly During Pandemic, Study Finds (nytimes.com)
A study of adolescent brain development that tested children before and after coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in the United States found that girls’ brains aged far faster than expected, something the researchers attributed to social isolation.

Teenagers, Brain Development, Pandemic, Social Isolation, Science

17 points by bookofjoe 67 days ago | 4 comments

Montreal Kicked Cars to the Curb and Thrived (thewalrus.ca)
In 2020, during the first pandemic summer, Montreal’s Projet Montréal administration, led by mayor Valérie Plante, closed a two-kilometre stretch of Mont-Royal Avenue to motorists for a few months.

Urban Planning, Transportation, Montreal, Public Health, Pandemic

9 points by pseudolus 77 days ago | 1 comments

The enemies within: How the pandemic radicalised Britain (manchestermill.co.uk)

Social Issues, Pandemic, Politics, United Kingdom

11 points by colinprince 85 days ago | 5 comments

Bird flu is less scary than we feared. But we're not working to control it. (nytimes.com)

Bird Flu, Public Health, Science, Pandemic

9 points by mitchbob 105 days ago | 1 comments

Covid surging in California, nears two-year summer high (latimes.com)

Covid-19, California, Health, Pandemic

6 points by amichail 115 days ago | 0 comments

Health secretaries failed to prepare UK for pandemic, Covid inquiry finds (theguardian.com)