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Seems important for econs (& everyone, in fact) to follow historians of medicine/epidemiology, if only to learn lessons from history of econ & epi side by side.
So here's a list to follow 30 of them https://twitter.com/i/lists/1243549267844902912
Shout for additions
Below are a few interesting links
So here's a list to follow 30 of them https://twitter.com/i/lists/1243549267844902912
Shout for additions
Below are a few interesting links
first, you can attend a zoomed "Pandemics in [historical] Perspective: A Virtual Roundtable Discussion" in less than an hour.
Go here: https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/pandemics-perspective-virtual-roundtable-discussion
Go here: https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/pandemics-perspective-virtual-roundtable-discussion
A reading list on the history of epidemics https://sshm.org/portfolio/history-of-epidemics-resources/
Another reading list of book to read in a time of pandemic https://nursingclio.org/2020/03/15/what-to-read-in-a-pandemic/
Another reading list of book to read in a time of pandemic https://nursingclio.org/2020/03/15/what-to-read-in-a-pandemic/
Arrg, there was already a 100ish members list on historians of epidemiology/med on twitter. See here https://twitter.com/i/lists/1233255263706107905
There's a lot on the history of quarantines
An illustrated thread here: https://twitter.com/ExploreWellcome/status/1242400870148591616
A podcast on the history of voluntary and imposed measures by @histgeoghealth here https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-march-18-2020/ and an associated post https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-quarantine-is-one-of-the-oldest-powers-in-the-book-that-doesnt-mean/
An illustrated thread here: https://twitter.com/ExploreWellcome/status/1242400870148591616
A podcast on the history of voluntary and imposed measures by @histgeoghealth here https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-march-18-2020/ and an associated post https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-quarantine-is-one-of-the-oldest-powers-in-the-book-that-doesnt-mean/
Historical episodes to help understand present dilemmas and choices:
thread on satire and pandemics during 1889 Influenza & Covid https://nursingclio.org/2020/03/24/joking-in-the-time-of-pandemic-the-1889-92-flu-and-2020-covid-19/
Thread of ressources on Typhoid Mary https://twitter.com/jaivirdi/status/1239258554319675392
Managing the bubonic plage in India https://theprint.in/opinion/plague-passport-to-detention-epidemic-act-was-a-medical-surveillance-tool-in-british-india/385121/
thread on satire and pandemics during 1889 Influenza & Covid https://nursingclio.org/2020/03/24/joking-in-the-time-of-pandemic-the-1889-92-flu-and-2020-covid-19/
Thread of ressources on Typhoid Mary https://twitter.com/jaivirdi/status/1239258554319675392
Managing the bubonic plage in India https://theprint.in/opinion/plague-passport-to-detention-epidemic-act-was-a-medical-surveillance-tool-in-british-india/385121/
Salk inventing the polio vaccine and the case of a free Covid Vaccine https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/02/case-free-or-inexpensive-coronavirus-vaccine/
Lessons from the Spanish Flu https://www.irishhumanities.com/blog/new-blog-article-6/
Lessons from SARS/Avian/etc containment in Southeast Asia https://muse.jhu.edu/book/66168?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=free_access_covid_s20_pub&utm_content=davies_contagion
(to be continued)
Lessons from the Spanish Flu https://www.irishhumanities.com/blog/new-blog-article-6/
Lessons from SARS/Avian/etc containment in Southeast Asia https://muse.jhu.edu/book/66168?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=free_access_covid_s20_pub&utm_content=davies_contagion
(to be continued)
more in the Bubonic Plague of Justianian via the @BedsideRounds med history podcast - https://twitter.com/BedsideRounds/status/1178384180989829120 (thanks @K_L0X for the pointer)
Compare with the economic history approach to epidemics and public health, as summarised here (thanks @AndreasShrugged for the suggestion) https://ehsthelongrun.net/2020/03/26/the-long-view-on-epidemics-disease-and-public-health-research-from-economic-history-part-a/
Lessons from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s reaction to HIV/AID from the 1980s to 2000 by @JulianGewirtz
https://academic.oup.com/past/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pastj/gtz068/5780302
A podcast episode comparing public & private management of the 1918 Flu pandemic and Covid http://johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/covid-19-and-the-1918-flu-pandemicwhat-can-we-learn
https://academic.oup.com/past/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pastj/gtz068/5780302
A podcast episode comparing public & private management of the 1918 Flu pandemic and Covid http://johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/covid-19-and-the-1918-flu-pandemicwhat-can-we-learn
There seems to be a lot on the history of pandemics themselves, but what I was looking for was more histories of epidemiology science, data & modeling practices & controversies, so as to compare w/ economists' changing modeling culture
suggestions for history of science refs?
suggestions for history of science refs?
