want to try another, simpler way to ask the question: Should I be
terrified to see my personal dot on a public coronamap? Or is there a
world in which individual freedoms cohere for a collective good?
Answering Frederic, I guess I am fatalistic about social change: far
as I can see, the
The term 'public health' has never quite gone away, even when privatised
medicine pretended that private health could be purchased.
The Spanish flu of 1919 is often cited; more apposite perhaps were the great
cholera epidemics of the latrer 19th century. The proximity of the underclass
to
Dear Nettime,
Partial disclosure: I am married to a leading voice in the field of
college health, one frequently quoted in national media as universities
began to declare suspensions. She has managed campus health at three major
research universities over the past 20 years.
I type this
Dear Sean, folks,
thanks for the useful historical references. I've already gone on
record here as being against speculations on who should die in what
way.
I do ask myself, though, about the role of capital, rent, and
interest, in the current crisis. There will be people, here and
elsewhere,
On 20.03.20 10:32, Andreas Broeckmann wrote:
> But: if a major economic problem at the moment is that people have
> to pay their rent, or service the credits and mortgages they took
> out, why does the State, under these severe circumstances, currently
> make such an effort to help people pay
Hey Felix,
thanks for describing the cascade... Since you do not address the
question, even though you quote it, I presume the implicit answer you
offer is that under the current regime "suspending these obligations"
is not an option, or unthinkable? (or taboo?)
How is that to be understood...?
It looks as though what we are discussing could well become an
international "best practice." But with specific national variations.
Cooperation and trust are the key non-technical issues. The chances of
such an app being developed in the US appear to be low.
Article about the British app in the
"Everyone should know about your mobility": wow! Okay, I'm going to take a
ginger beer and to do some yoga. And think about a world in which
solidarity means tracking people.
Take care dear Brian,
Frédéric
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 3:16 AM
[This is softly worded, but from what i understand, this is mandatory.
If one is put under quaratine, one has to install this app which will
send notification to take a selfie and submit it within not more than
20 minutes. This is more the Chinese approach. No social trust what so
ever.]
