Assignment for Week of April 13th – Podcasts/Radio

What Will the Summer Be Like? – with “Staff writer Ed Yong braces Jim and Katherine for a very different summer than most of us are used to.”

They (podcasters) are being told by the researcher of the team that oversees the future of the coronavirus pandemic would be a lingering problem until the summer has come and maybe even further than that. During the summer if the pandemic starts to decrease, small businesses and restaurants with fewer customers can reopen but can be problematic but they will implement stricter hand washing policy.  We should keep in mind the health care workers and their needs before our own if we do anything resulting in us being outside, for example, we should be wary of the supplies that are available for the general public after health care workers (like the N95 masks). They are also saying that we don’t know what the patterns of coronavirus would be around the world when other countries might get their next or last peak, the level of danger and the patterns of peaks around the world are unsystematic. They discuss the idea of wearing a mask to be looked at as a communal good as everybody should wear them and keep them on at all times rather than looking at protecting one’s self from other people and sometimes not wearing them at all. Because when summer rolls in people might not want to be protected and stop wearing masks which can only cause more trouble if the level of a pandemic is at higher risk. We see that some people want to have a good time in the upcoming nice weather of summer, they want to enjoy themselves under the sun and be outside. But as the government makes us keep in mind that this is very random and we should stay safe. The podcasters want to know if it is going to be safe enough for the general public to start going outside and live their normal lives if the pandemic waves slow down. One thing that was interesting was when a lady podcaster asked the researcher that has been doing research about the future of coronavirus her dream birthday which was around late June and will she be able to do the things she wanted to do during that time after/during coronavirus slowing down. This was interesting because she gives an example of what she wants to do and the researcher is replying to her actions that she would take during her birthday in summer to minimize the risk of getting infected, whether it would be dangerous or normal like before the pandemic.  I have learned that the virus can be spread by you to someone else without you being symptomatic and feeling totally fine while wearing a mask. To minimize the risk of infecting others and yourself in the future, you should take immunity check to see the level of antibodies that are currently in your system and how your body (immune system) is responding to that level of threat, by the time of the immunity exam you might be immune to it and stay safe. This podcast influenced me in way that even the nicer days are on its way, we should not forget where we are at as we are in a global pandemic to the coronavirus and by the level of patterns each country are having, it is very random and we should take precautions to stay safe and protect our community. I would recommend this to my classmates as it is very easy to understand and it just gives a nice conversation about staying safe knowing that the good times of summer are on their way. Summer might be intriguing for all of us to go outside and enjoy ourselves, we should stay safe and take precautions as this global pandemic is very random and can be easily contracted within people. This is so much better than reading it in a newspaper because we have people conversing and coming up with ways that we can deal with it, and give you an idea of where the future might look like with science and community involvement. This summer may not be the same as we had but with the things that are going on, we should not risk getting sick and have this going for longer than it has to.

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/socialdistance/